Karatau (PIN collection 284) (Jurassic to of Kazakhstan)

Where: Chimkent, Kazakhstan (42.7° N, 70.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 74.2° 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; siltstone

• some specimens come from "hard grey layer" others from "paper shale of dark-reddish color"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. A. Legalov. 2010. Phylogeny of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera) with descriptions of new taxa. Euroasian Entomological Journal 9:457-473 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140488: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

• Most specimens from this year of collecting are from this locality
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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Nemonychidae
Martynovirhynchus arnoldii n. gen. n. sp.
Martynovirhynchus arnoldii n. gen. n. sp. Legalov 2010 pine flower snout beetle
PIN 284/508