Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 123.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 115.9° 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

Reposited in the NIGPAS

Primary reference: B. Wang, H. Zhang, and D. Azar. 2011. The First Psychodidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Lower Eocene Fushun Amber of China. Journal of Paleontology 85(6):1154-1159 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125934: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.03.2012, edited by Arram Noshirvan

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