Taimyr amber, Kresty (PIN collection 3307) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Taymyr, Russian Federation (71.9° N, 102.2° E: paleocoordinates 72.1° N, 69.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Begichev Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• "Begichev formation…represents fluvial & deltaic sands with lenses of the lignitised wood containing the retinite." Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1975. Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147:1-134 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114324: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 13.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Tajmyraphididae
Khatangaphis rohdendorfi n. sp.
Khatangaphis rohdendorfi n. sp. Kononova 1975 aphid
PIN 3307/5
 Hymenoptera - Gasteruptiidae
"Kotujella crucis n. gen. n. sp." = Kotujellites crucis
"Kotujella crucis n. gen. n. sp." = Kotujellites crucis Rasnitsyn 1975 wasp
PIN 3307/1