Where: Chimkent, Kazakhstan (42.3° N, 69.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 73.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karabastau Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Russian Geological Institute

Primary reference: A. G. Kirejtshuk. 1994. Parandrexidae Fam. Nov. Jurassic Beetles of the Infraorder Cucujiformia (Coleoptera, Polyphaga). Paleontological Journal 28(1):69-78 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/R. Day]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129545: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 24.06.2012

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