Where: Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea (35.2° N, 128.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 122.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jinju Formation (Shindong Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• Formerly given a wide age range (often Barremian), but youngest detrital zircon in Jinju Formation is 106 Ma, indicating an age no older than Albian (Lee et al., 2010)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, fine-grained, gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Specimens at Kyungnam National Science High School
Primary reference: M. S. Engel, J. D. Lim, K. S. Baek and L. D. Martin. 2002. An earwig from the Lower Cretaceous of Korea (Dermaptera: Forficulina). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75:86-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122588: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Mesoraphidia phantasma n. sp., Mesoraphidia koreensis n. sp.
Mesoraphidia phantasma n. sp. Engel et al. 2006 snakefly
Mesoraphidia koreensis n. sp. Engel et al. 2006 snakefly | |
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