Fushun west coalfield amber (BNHA collection) (Eocene of China)

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
 Hemiptera -
Yueaphis fushunensis n. gen. n. sp.
Yueaphis fushunensis n. gen. n. sp. Wang 1993 aphid
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