Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 123.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 116.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collected in <1974
• Repository: Geological Museum, Peking (Beijing), specimens with LF prefix.
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong, T. C. Yang, S. T. Wang, S. E. Wang, Y. K. Li, M. R. Sun, H. C. Sun and N. C. Tu. 1974. Stratigraphy and palaeontology of Fushun coal-field, Liaoning Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 48:113-150 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/S. Devincenzi]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125469: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sinobracon speciosus n. gen. n. sp.
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Eomyrmex guchengziensis n. gen. n. sp.
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"Lycoria succinea n. sp." = Chenosciaritis succinea, Eosciophila microtrichodis n. gen. n. sp.
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"Macrocera melanopoda n. sp." = Eomacroceritis melanopoda
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"Chironomus minimus n. sp." = Furvitendipes minimus
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