Amgu River, Primorye (PIN collection 2961): Rupelian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae
Eomerope pacifica n. sp. Ponomarenko 1974
1 specimen
PIN 2961/1 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 137.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 134.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Khutsin
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Initially considered Lower Miocene, but now thought to be Oligocene or even Eocene. Rupelian age proposed based on flora and correlation with Voznovo flora (Pavlyutkin et al., 2011).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:lacustrine - small Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Also known as:Amagu River
Database number:124920
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-29 03:21:46 Last modified:2017-02-25 13:34:09
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-29 03:21:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

40465. A. G. Ponomarenko and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1974. New Mesozoic and Cenozoic Protomecoptera. Paleontological Journal 8:493-507 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]