Tashidian, sample H76, Korla (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (41.8° N, 86.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 94.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kezileinuer Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• Apparently the lower part of the Middle Jurassic

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1983. Middle Jurassic Fossil Insects in North China 1-223 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154835: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Xinjiangia tashidianensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1983 scorpionfly
ST101 (H76-157)
 Coleoptera - Triaplidae
Clypeus korlaensis n. gen. n. sp.
Clypeus korlaensis n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1983 beetle
ST103 (H76-150)
 Hemiptera - Hylicellidae
"Mesocixiella korlaensis n. sp." = Cycloscytina korlaensis
"Mesocixiella korlaensis n. sp." = Cycloscytina korlaensis Hong 1983 true bug
ST107 (H76-152)