Baissa (PIN collection 3064, bed 32) (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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• "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

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1993. New Fossil Mantids (Insecta, Mantida [Sic]). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):148-165 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126065: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
"Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) latitibialis n. sp." = Antemnacrassa latitibialis
"Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) latitibialis n. sp." = Antemnacrassa latitibialis Nikolajev 1992 ground beetle
PIN 3064/7145
 Mantodea - Cretomantidae
Cretomantis larvalis n. gen. n. sp.
Cretomantis larvalis n. gen. n. sp. Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993 mantis
PIN 3064/8511