Where: Russian Federation (44.2° N, 43.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 42.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene, Lower Karaganian 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 125999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.03.2012

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