Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 128.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beipiao Formation, Pliensbachian to Pliensbachian (190.8 - 174.1 Ma)

• Beipiao Formation contains detrital zircons as young as 194 Ma

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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

Primary reference: W. L. Wang. 1987. Early Mesozoic insects fossils from western Liaoning. Mesozoic Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Western Liaoning 202-222 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157660: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2014

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