Khutuliyn-Khira (L-48-125) (PIN collection 4288) (Jurassic of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (44.4° N, 104.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 106.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulugei Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Kimmerdgian-Tithonian or Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Early syn-rift phase (Graham et al., 2001); extensional stress field from collapse of Mongolia-Okhotsk orogenic belt (Wu, 2013).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: V. G. Gratshev and A. A. Legalov. 2009. New taxa of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera) from Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Euroasian Entomological Journal 8:411-416 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123426: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Siphlonuridae
Mesobaetis mandalensis n. sp.3 Sinitshenkova 1989 mayfly
PIN 4288/176 and 199 paratypes
 Coleoptera - Nemonychidae
Gobibrenthorrhinus gigas n. gen. n. sp.
Gobibrenthorrhinus gigas n. gen. n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2009 pine flower snout beetle
PIN 4288/363
 Coleoptera - Caridae
Gobicar ulugeiensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Gobicar ulugeiensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Legalov 2010 weevil
PIN 4288/362
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Cretobraconus maculatus n. sp.2 Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp
PIN 4288/261 (bed 391/3)