Where: Henan, China (32.2° N, 114.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 117.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shangtianti Member (Chenpeng Formation), Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Shandong Provincial Museum (possibly now NIGPAS)
Primary reference: J. F. Zhang. 1993. A contribution to the knowledge of Insects from the Late Mesozoic in Southern Shaanxi and Henan Provinces, China. Palaeoworld 2:49-56 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140935: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug |