Polovaya locality (PIN collection 1845) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (52.1° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 55.7° N, 116.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gidarinskaya Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Similar to Karabon and Serebryanka localities

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1993. Khaoboridy i Komary-zvontsy iz Mezozoya vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya (Diptera: Chaoboridae, Chironomidae). In A. G. Ponomarenko (ed.), Mezozoyskie Nasekomye i Ostrakody Azii 117-139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138145: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Chaoboridae
Chironomaptera gregaria Grabau 1923 phantom midge
PIN 1845/23,24,28-34
 Megaloptera - Corydalidae
Cretochaulus sp. Ponomarenko 1976 fishfly
PIN 1845/35