Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2041) (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (44.4° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 60.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, lenticular mudstone

• "...mudstone lenses in fluvial deposits" Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002. Lagoon environment according to Zherikhin (1978) and Legalov (2014).
• "Insects…come from mudstone lenses" Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: G. Fleck, A. Nel, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1999. The oldest record of libellulid dragonflies from the Upper Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (Insecta: Odonata, Anisoptera). Cretaceous Research 20:655-658 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119502: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 28.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Palaeolibellula zherikhini n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeolibellula zherikhini n. gen. n. sp. Fleck et al. 1999 common skimmer
PIN 2041/1