Where: Beijing Shi, China (39.8° N, 116.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 113.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Xiazhuang Formation, Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Beijing Natural History Museum

Primary reference: W. L. Wang. 1998. Some fossil insects (Coleoptera) of western Beijing with discussion of development and succession of the late Mesozoic insect fauna. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 56:199-206 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164712: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.12.2014

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