Chifeng City, southeast area (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Nei Monggol, China (42.0° N, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 119.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale

• From picture color of shale is yellowish brown

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Inner Mongolia geological survey team

• Repository: Geological Museum of China, Beijing

Primary reference: D. Ren, H. Z. Zhu, and Y. Q. Lu. 1995. New discovery of Early Cretaceous fossil insects from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 1995(4):432-438 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152245: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Mesopentacoridae
Pauropentacoris macrurata n. gen. n. sp.
Pauropentacoris macrurata n. gen. n. sp. Ren et al. 1995 true bug
Nch91008
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilidae indet.
Hydrophilidae indet. Latreille 1802 water scavenger beetle
Nch91007
 Coleoptera - Hybosoridae
"Geotrupoides fortus n. sp." = Leptosorus fortus
"Geotrupoides fortus n. sp." = Leptosorus fortus Ren et al. 1995 scavenger scarab beetle
Nch81101
 Coleoptera - Haliplidae
Cretihaliplus chifengensis n. gen. n. sp., Cretihaliplus sidaojingensis n. sp.
Cretihaliplus chifengensis n. gen. n. sp. Ren et al. 1995 crawling water beetle
Nch91002
Cretihaliplus sidaojingensis n. sp. Ren et al. 1995 crawling water beetle
Nch91005
 Coleoptera - Liadytidae
Ovidytes gaoi n. gen. n. sp.
Ovidytes gaoi n. gen. n. sp. Ren et al. 1995 beetle
Nch91001
 Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Gyrinidae indet.
Gyrinidae indet. Latreille 1810 whirligig beetle
Nch91004