Where: Shandong, China (36.6° N, 118.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 116.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shanwang Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, diatomaceous, tuffaceous mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: either Shandong Provincial Museum or the Museum of Shanwang fossils. This collection contains specimens labeled with five-digit numbers prefaced by letter s.

Primary reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459 [D. Smith/E. Leckey/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128552: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.06.2012

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