Bichektui-II, outcrop 33/2a (PIN collection 4208) (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Chita, Russian Federation (52.0° N, 116.0° E: paleocoordinates 56.9° N, 116.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glushkovo Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1990. Beetles, Scarabaeida, in Pozdne-Mezozoyskie Nasekomye Vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya. In A.P. Rasnitsyn (ed.), Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239:39-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152172: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Aposphinctus sibiricus Ponomarenko 1990 water scavenger beetle
PIN 4208/1