Where: Romania (47.7° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 23.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pannonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Pannonian G-H, equivalent to Tortonian
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified diatomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Institut fur Geologie, Bucharest
Primary reference: R. Kohring. 1989. Megarhynchaenus schalowae n. g. n. sp., ein neuer Curculionide (Insecta: Coleoptera) aus dem Pannonium von Rumänien. Documenta Naturae 56:29-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160008: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Megarhynchaenus schalowae n. gen. n. sp.
Megarhynchaenus schalowae n. gen. n. sp. Kohring 1989 snout beetle Institut fur Geologie Bucharest E1
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