Huh-Mort outrcop (254/2) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Khukh-Mort (PIN collection 3058)

Where: Gobi-Altai aimak, Mongolia (47.0° N, 95.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gurvan-Eren Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Equivalent to Bon-Tsagan

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, argillaceous mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: L. N. Pritykina. 1986. Two new dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous deposits of West Mongolia (Anisoptera: Sonidae Fam. Nov, Corduliidae). Odonatologica 15:169-184 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104055: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 06.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Sona nectes
Sona nectes Pritykina 1986 small darner
One wing frament & 1 larva
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Cristocorixa diaprepocoroides n. sp.3
Cristocorixa diaprepocoroides n. sp.3 Popov 1986 water boatman
PIN 3058/128 (from outcrop 254/2)
 Coleoptera - Permosynidae
Hydrobiites sulcatus n. sp.2
Hydrobiites sulcatus n. sp.2 Ponomarenko 1986 beetle
PIN 3058/6
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Shinlustia irae n. gen. n. sp.1
Shinlustia irae n. gen. n. sp.1 Kalugina 1986 non biting midge
PIN 3058/253, 240-242, 244-250, 254-264, possibly 243
 Diptera - Chaoboridae
Chironomaptera vesca1, Chironomaptera gobiensis1, Astrocorethra khukhmortica n. sp.1
Chironomaptera vesca1 Kalugina 1980 phantom midge
PIN 3058/251
Chironomaptera gobiensis1 Cockerell 1924 phantom midge
PIN 3058/265, 278, 292
Astrocorethra khukhmortica n. sp.1 Kalugina 1986 phantom midge
PIN 3058/265, 151-239, 265-356
1Kalugina 1986; 2Ponomarenko 1986; 3Popov 1986