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