Where: Shaanxi, China (35.0° N, 109.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 80.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taiyuan Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1983. Two new fossil genera of Paraplecoptera (Insecta) in China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22:359-362 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140457: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Hsuopterites rotundus n. gen. n. sp.
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