Vishnevaya Balka creek (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: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevičius, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2005. New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta: Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, Idionychidae, Libellulidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 235(3):343-380 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127947: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 30.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Idionychidae
Mioidionyx stavropolensis n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2005 dragonfly
PIN 224/130