Sample II8P9L4, Xiagou, Qingquan Town, Yumen City (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Gansu, China (40.0° N, 97.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zhonggou Formation, Early/Lower Albian to Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• Early-Middle Albian according to Zheng et al. (2021).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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

Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1982. Mesozoic Fossil Insects of Jiuquan Basin in Gansu Province 1-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155037: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera -
Grypocoleus fornicatus n. gen. n. sp.
Grypocoleus fornicatus n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1982 beetle
Kj1041
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Planocoleus glabratus n. gen. n. sp.
Planocoleus glabratus n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1982 jewel beetle
Kj1042
 Coleoptera -
Trypocoleus ramulosus n. gen. n. sp.
Trypocoleus ramulosus n. gen. n. sp. Hong 1982 beetle
Kj1124