Chertovo Pole, well 36, 72 m (PIN collection 3661) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Chita, Russian Federation (51.3° N, 118.7° E: paleocoordinates 55.3° N, 117.3° 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 151651: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2013, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
cf. Ephemeropsis sp. Eichwald 1864 mayfly
 Hemiptera - Alydidae
"Alydidae indet." = Alydidae
"Alydidae indet." = Alydidae Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843 broad-headed bug
PIN 3661/9