PBDB Collection

Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 22) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Buryatia, Russian Federation (53.3° N, 112.1° E: paleocoordinates 56.0° N, 108.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zaza Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• C. longipoda, E. trisetalis and Lycoptera all occur in the Zaza Formation indicating that this formation could be correlated with the upper Yixian Formation and the lower Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, which have a duration of 122.5-120 Ma. So it is possible to assign the Zaza Formation to an Aptian age. Also correlated with Barremian-Aptian based on plants and pollen.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siltstone and lithified marl

• "The water body is reconstructed as an intermontane lake with the depth of 20 - 30 meters (LYAMINA 1980) situated within a granite massif. The presence of thick layers of the bituminous shales shows that the lake was meromictic, with the oxygen deficiency and high hydrogen sulphur level in the hypolimnion. However, the oxygenated epilimnion should be thick, with a lower boundary well beneath the limit of episodic wave action because no suffocation events are documented. The abundance of caddisflies, dobsonfly larvae and other groups intolerant to oxygen deficiency shows that in more shallow areas the water was clear and well-oxygenated even near the bottom. The lake ecosystem was highly productive as indicated by its complex trophic structure (Fig. 2) with several levels of predators up to the large sturgeon-like fish Stychopterus as well as by the extremely high abundance of planetonivorous phantom midges (SINICHENKOVA & ZHERIKHIN 1996)." ZHERIKHIN et al., 1999

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: J. M. Carpenter and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1990. Mesozoic Vespidae. Psyche 97(1-2):1-20 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119441: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 26.10.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Lindy Edwards

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Mycetophilidae	Zazicia innuba¹, Pollicitator baisae¹, Prospeolepta trapezia n. gen. n. sp.¹, Paradzickia indet.², Paradzickia huor², Ipsaneusidalys latipennis n. sp.³, Drepanorzeckia extrunculipennis², Drepanorzeckia plana² Zazicia innuba¹ Blagoderov 1995 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2929 Pollicitator baisae¹ Blagoderov 1995 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2925 Prospeolepta trapezia n. gen. n. sp.¹ Blagoderov 1995 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2940, 2917 Paradzickia indet.² Blagoderov 1997 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2903 Paradzickia huor² Blagoderov 1997 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2960 Ipsaneusidalys latipennis n. sp.³ Blagoderov 1998 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2938 Drepanorzeckia extrunculipennis² Blagoderov 1997 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2923 Drepanorzeckia plana² Blagoderov 1997 fungus gnat PIN 4210/2920
Diptera - Eremochaetidae	Eremomukha (Eremocreta) addita n. sp.⁸ Eremomukha (Eremocreta) addita n. sp.⁸ Mostovski 1996 fly PIN 4210/3176
Diptera - Tabanidae	Baissomyia redita n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Baissomyia redita n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Mostovski et al. 2003 horse fly PIN 4210/3152
Diptera - Platypezidae	Parnasos pessimus⁷, Proplatypeza parva⁷, Proplatypeza amabilis⁷ Parnasos pessimus⁷ Mostovski 1995 flat-footed fly PIN 4210/3097 Proplatypeza parva⁷ Mostovski 1995 flat-footed fly PIN 4210/3098 Proplatypeza amabilis⁷ Mostovski 1995 flat-footed fly PIN 4210/3096
Diptera - Ironomyiidae	Hermaeomyia unisaetigera⁶ Hermaeomyia unisaetigera⁶ Mostovski 1995 ironic fly PIN 4210/3086
Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae	Micramphilius minutus¹³, ? Shurabisca deteria n. sp.¹³ Micramphilius minutus¹³ Rasnitsyn 1993 stem sawfly PIN 4210/1920 ? Shurabisca deteria n. sp.¹³ Rasnitsyn 1993 stem sawfly PIN 4210/1121
Hymenoptera - Vespidae	Priorvespa bullata n. sp. Priorvespa bullata n. sp. Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990 wasp PIN 4210/1201
Hymenoptera - Braconidae	Archobraconus sp.¹⁴, Cretobraconus micron n. sp.¹⁴, Cretobraconus antennatus n. sp.¹⁴, Baissobracon striatus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁴ Archobraconus sp.¹⁴ Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp PIN 4210/1153 Cretobraconus micron n. sp.¹⁴ Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp PIN 4210/1149 Cretobraconus antennatus n. sp.¹⁴ Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp PIN 4210/1151 Baissobracon striatus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁴ Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp PIN 4210/1150
Coleoptera -	Hybosorites fissuratus n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Hybosorites fissuratus n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Nikolajev 1996 scarab beetle PIN 4210/709
Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae	Cretaegialia aphodiiformis n. sp.¹², Cretoscarabaeus gibbosus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Cretaegialia aphodiiformis n. sp.¹² Nikolayev 1993 scarab beetle PIN 4210/710 Cretoscarabaeus gibbosus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Nikolajev 1995 scarab beetle PIN 4210/708
Trichoptera - Leptoceridae	Creterotesis coprolithica⁴ Creterotesis coprolithica⁴ Ivanov 2006 long-horned caddisfly PIN 4210/2421
Trichoptera - Philopotamidae	Juraphilopotamus heteroclitus n. sp.¹⁶ Juraphilopotamus heteroclitus n. sp.¹⁶ Sukatsheva and Aristov 2022 finger-net caddisfly PIN 4210/5281
Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae	Ellinaphidinae indet.⁵, Annulaphis mostovskini⁵, Ellinaphis premordica⁵, Ellinaphis curta⁵, Ellinaphis longistigma⁵, Ellinaphis cubocrassa⁵, Caudaphis sp.⁵, Caudaphis angustivola⁵, Rallotopaphis antennata⁵, Rinorectuaphis abortiva n. sp.⁵ Ellinaphidinae indet.⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2707, 2711, 2716, 2717, 2721 Annulaphis mostovskini⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2715 Ellinaphis premordica⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2713 Ellinaphis curta⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2724 Ellinaphis longistigma⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2714, 2726, 4252 Ellinaphis cubocrassa⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2710, 2712 Caudaphis sp.⁵ Zhang et al. 1989 aphid PIN 4210/2720 Caudaphis angustivola⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2708, 2718 , 2719 Rallotopaphis antennata⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2722 Rinorectuaphis abortiva n. sp.⁵ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4210/2725
Hemiptera - Hylicellidae	Conjucella selene¹⁵ Conjucella selene¹⁵ Shcherbakov 2012 true bug PIN 4210/1014

¹Blagoderov 1995; ²Blagoderov 1997; ³Blagoderov 1998; ⁴Ivanov 2006; ⁵Kania and Wegierek 2008; ⁶Mostovski 1995; ⁷Mostovski 1995; ⁸Mostovski 1996; ⁹Mostovski et al. 2003; ¹⁰Nikolajev 1995; ¹¹Nikolajev 1996; ¹²Nikolayev 1993; ¹³Rasnitsyn 1993; ¹⁴Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988; ¹⁵Shcherbakov 2012; ¹⁶Sukatsheva and Aristov 2022