Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 123.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 115.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Beijing Natural History Museum (BNHA collection)
Primary reference: W. L. Wang. 1993. Discovery of Eocene Aphis (Insecta: Homoptera) in amber from Fushun, Liaoning Province, China. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 27-28:175-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173645: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Yueaphis fushunensis n. gen. n. sp.
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