Where: Hebei, China (39.9° N, 114.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 120.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Xiahuayuan Formation, Toarcian to Toarcian (182.7 - 170.3 Ma)
• Lower part of upper member. Age c. 174 Ma (Dobbs et al., 2013 abstract)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Beijing Natural History Museum
Primary reference: Y. C. Hong. 1985. New fossil insects of Xiahuayuan Formation in Yuxian county, Hebei province. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 13:131-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164199: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Protorthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis n. sp." = Orthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis
"Protorthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis n. sp." = Orthophlebia yangjuanxiangensis Hong 1985 scorpionfly HY02 (H271-21)
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