Taimyr amber, Zhadnikha (PIN collection 3308) (Cretaceous to of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (72.2° N, 102.9° E: paleocoordinates 72.7° N, 69.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Begichev Formation, Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: K. Y. Eskov and J. Wunderlich. 1995. On the spiders from Taimyr ambers, Siberia, with the description of a new family and with general notes on the spiders from the Cretaceous resins (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4:95-107 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35050: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 28.10.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Araneae -
Araneomorphae indet. Smith 1902 spider
Insecta
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Paleopsychoda zherikhini n. sp.2 Azar et al. 2007 moth fly
PIN 3308/13-15
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Nordaphis sukatchevae n. gen. n. sp.3
Nordaphis sukatchevae n. gen. n. sp.3 Kononova 1977 aphid
PIN 3308/5
 Coleoptera - Melyridae
Acanthocnemoides sukatshevae n. gen. n. sp.1 Zherikhin 1977 soft-winged flower beetle
PIN 3308/1, 2