Where: Khabarovsk, Russian Federation (59.4° N, 141.3° E: paleocoordinates 65.7° N, 127.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gyrbykan Member (Amka Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• Amka Formation and is of Late Coniacian age on the basis of U/Pb dating (86.1 ± 0.3 Ma), according to Akinin et al. (2019).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, tuffaceous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected in 1987; reposited in the PIN
Primary reference: V. V. Gromov, V. Y. Dmitriev, V. V. Zherikhin, E. L. Lebedev, A. G. Ponomarenko, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and I. D. Sukacheva. 1993. Melovye entomofauny basseyna r. Ul'i (zapadnoe Priokhot'e). In A. G. Ponomarenko (ed.), Mezozoyskie Nasekomye i Ostrakody Azii 5-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138045: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Gyrbykana curvipes n. gen. n. sp.
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