Where: Xizang, China (32.8° N, 91.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 79.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Niubao Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Lower part of the second member of the Niubao Formation (beds 179-249)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the NIGPAS
• Collectors: Geological team of Jianghan Institution of Petroleum and Gas
Primary reference: Q. B. Lin and D. Y. Huang. 2006. Discovery of Paleocene Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) in the Jiangtang Basin, Northern Tibet, China. Alcheringa 30(1):97-102 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119466: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 27.10.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Priscoflata subvexa n. gen. n. sp.1
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Gesaris gnapo n. gen. n. sp.2
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Blattodea indet. Latreille 1810 cockroach | |
Hylophalangopsis chinensis n. gen. n. sp.
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