Baissa (PIN collection 1989, layer 19) (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.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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 class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: V. N. Makarkin. 1997. Fossil Neuroptera of the Lower Cretaceous of Baisa, east Siberia. Part 3. Chrysopidae (Insecta). Spixiana 20:107-118 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122548: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Permopsocida - Archipsyllidae
Archipsyllodes speciosus n. gen. n. sp.6
Archipsyllodes speciosus n. gen. n. sp.6 Vishnyakova 1976 winged insect
PIN 1989/3564
 Hemiptera - Mimarachnidae
Saltissus eskovi5 Shcherbakov 2007 planthopper
PIN 1989/3336(3339)
Mimarachne mikhailovi5 Shcherbakov 2007 planthopper
PIN 1989/3575
 Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Ellinaphidinae indet.1 Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid
PIN 1989/3363, 3562
Caudaphis angustivola1 Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid
PIN 1989/3574
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Baissobracon striatus4 Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp
PIN 1989/3523
 Neuroptera - Berothidae
Mesithone maculosa n. sp.2 Makarkin 1999 beaded lacewing
PIN 1989/36
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Mesypochrysa magna Makarkin 1997 green lacewing
PIN 1989/32,41
Mesypochrysa falcata n. sp. Makarkin 1997 green lacewing
PIN 1989/29,33
 Diptera - Ironomyiidae
Hermaeomyia sp.3 Mostovski 1995 ironic fly
PIN 1989/3394