Tsagan-Nur, outcrop 218/5 (PIN collection 4078) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Tsagaan-Nuur

Where: Mongolia (51.3° N, 99.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 97.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turga Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• Correlative with the Zaza Formation and most likely with upper Yixian or lower Jiufotang Formation, therefore an Aptian (probably early Aptian) age.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; tuffaceous mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: Y. A. Popov. 1990. Bugs, Cimicina, in Pozdne-Mezozoyskie Nasekomye Vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239:20-39 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151648: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Pachymeridiidae
Aphanocoris turgensis Popov 1990 true bug
PIN 4078/3