Manlay, outcrop II/48 (PIN collection 3568) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (44.1° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 106.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Correlative with Bon Tsagaan based on pollen and plants

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Type E lake of Sinitshenkova & Zherikhin. Thick lacustrine sequences (up to several hundreds of meters), lateral distribution up to few dozens of kilometers; mostly rich in carbonates; coalless, organic matter content from low to high (bituminous paper-shales); fossils mostly in siltstones, sandstones, and bituminous shales. Depth a few to a few dozens of meters.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1975, 1976; reposited in the PIN

• Mostly collected in 1976.

Primary reference: Y. A. Popov. 1980. Nastoyashchie poluzhestkokrylye nizhnemelovykh otlozheniy Manlaya. Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13:48-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151594: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
"Enicocoris manlaicus" = Mesolygaeus laiyangensis
"Enicocoris manlaicus" = Mesolygaeus laiyangensis Ping 1928 shore bug
PIN 3568/1939-1941, 1943-1948, 1950-1955
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeidae indet.
Lygaeidae indet. Schilling 1829 milkweed bug
PIN 3568/1942
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Megalymma rohdendorfi2
Megalymma rohdendorfi2 Tikhomirova 1980 rove beetle
Uncertain which specimens come from this location
 Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Coptoclavella elegans2
Coptoclavella elegans2 Ponomarenko 1980 beetle
Uncertain which specimens come from this location
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Manlayamyia litorina n. gen. n. sp.1
Manlayamyia litorina n. gen. n. sp.1 Kalugina 1980 non biting midge
PIN 3568/1810, 1769, 1770, 1771
1Kalugina 1980; 2Tikhomirova 1980