Where: Mongolia (45.5° N, 99.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 99.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Khurilt Member (Dzun-Bain Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Possibly late Neocomian (Barremian)-early Aptian but typically treated as Aptian by paleoentomologists.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the PIN
Primary reference: V. A. Blagoderov. 1998. Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 32(6):598-604 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 129999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.07.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Paradzickia morwen n. sp., Syntemna tele
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