Sharin-Gol (bed 350/7) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as PIN collection 4306

Where: Selenginskij, Mongolia (45.4° N, 109.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 110.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sharin-Gol Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

• coal quarry

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Paleontological group of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition in 1986; reposited in the PIN

• collected by the Paleontological group of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition in 1986 (A. G. Ponomarenko, the head).

Primary reference: P. Vršanský. 2005. Lower Cretaceous cockroaches and mantids (Insecta: Blattaria, Mantodea) from the Sharin-Gol in Mongolia. Entomological Problems 35(2):163-167 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118911: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Shartegoblattina colorata Vršanský 2005 cockroach
PIN 4306/200
 Blattodea - Blattulidae
Elisama fragmentaria n. sp. Vršanský 2005 cockroach
PIN 4306/201