Vishnevaya Balka creek, outcrop 1 bed XI, Stavropol (PIN collection 224) (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (45.1° N, 42.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 41.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene, Upper Chokrakian regional stage

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, carbonaceous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: V. N. Makarkin. 1991. Miocene insects (Neuroptera) from the northern Caucasus and Sikhote-Alin. Paleontological Journal 25(1):55-65 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125992: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Stomaphis eupetes Wegierek and Mamontova 1993 aphid
PIN 224/6a(171), 34(140), 88, 107(a), 121, 162(186), 166(a), 185, 192, 237, 239; 126 from uncertain outcrop
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Chrysopa martynovae Makarkin 1991 green lacewing
PIN 224/266