Where: Nei Monggol, China (41.5° N, 118.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 118.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• said to be Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Hauterivian): Aptian assignment based on age of main Beishan Quarry level.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: The material studied is deposited at the Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing.

Primary reference: Y. Yao, W. Cai, and D. Ren. 2007. Pristinochterus gen. n. (Hemiptera: Ochteridae) from the Upper Mesozoic of northeastern China. European Journal of Entomology 104:827-835 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123445: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 23.01.2012

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