Where: Shandong, China (36.8° N, 120.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 122.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Laiyang Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by H.S. Wang; reposited in the NIGPAS
• Repository: Geological Survey of China Museum (prior to 1949), now at NIGP
Primary reference: C. Ping. 1928. Study of the Cretaceous fossil insects of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 13:5-57 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156601: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chironomaptera melanura n. sp." = Chironomaptera gregaria
"Chironomaptera melanura n. sp." = Chironomaptera gregaria Grabau 1923 phantom midge NIGP 2140, 2141(x3)
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Mesolygaeus laiyangensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Coptoclava longipoda n. gen. n. sp.
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