Where: Gujarat, India (21.4° N, 73.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 63.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Department of Geology at the Lucknow University, India. (MLGDLU/NS)

Primary reference: M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and N. L. Evenhuis. 2008. The first keroplatid (Diptera: Keroplatidae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India. Zootaxa 1816:57-60 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124464: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2012

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