Where: Qinghai, China (35.4° N, 101.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 96.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Garang Formation (Guide Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• <16-19 Ma age given in text
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Capital Normal University (Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, College of Life Sciences)
Primary reference: Y. Li, X. H. Liu, D. Ren, X. C. Li, and Y. Z. Yao. 2017. First report of Cixiidae insect fossils from the Miocene of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and their palaeoenvironmental implications. Alcheringa 41:54-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184254: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Helius (Helius) qinghai n. sp.1
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Cacopsylla trigona n. sp.3
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Cixius discretus n. sp.
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Wesmaelius makarkini n. sp.2
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