Huh-Mort outrcop (254/7) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Khukh-Mort (PIN collection 3058)

Where: Gobi-Altai aimak, Mongolia (47.0° N, 95.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gurvan-Eren Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; argillaceous mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1986. Beetles. Scarabaeida (=Coleoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. In A. P. Rasnitsyn (ed.), The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:84-105 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136092: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 17.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabites nigriventris n. sp. Ponomarenko 1986 ground beetle
PIN 3058/7