Where: Shandong, China (37.0° N, 120.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 122.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 3 Member (Laiyang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, gray, yellow siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Shandong Geological Bureau in 1983-1986
• Repository: Beijing Natural History Museum
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong and W. L. Wang. 1990. Fossil insects from the Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Laiyang Basin, Shandong Province 44-189 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154896: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.03.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug | |
Diptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 fly |