Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 31): Aptian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Vitisma rasnitsyni Vršanský 1999
Vršanský 1999 5 specimens
PIN 4210/1502, 5076, 5136, 5168, 5179
Insecta - Hemiptera - Hoploridiidae
Hoploridium dollingi Popov and Shcherbakov 1991
Popov and Shcherbakov 1991 1 specimen
PIN 4210/1097
Insecta - Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae
Acanthotrichaphis paulisensoriata n. gen., n. sp. Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989
Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2808 (2 measurements)
Dinaphis multisensoriata Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989
Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2800 (1 measurement)
Oviparosiphum baissensis Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989
Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989 36 specimens
recombined as Archeoviparosiphum baissense
Some or all could be from PIN 3064
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Ellinaphidinae indet. Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 14 specimens
PIN 4210/7587, 7588, 2813, 2815, 2821a, 2821b, 2824, 2825, 2827, 5570, 5572, 5594, 5615, 5655
Caudaphis sp. Zhang et al. 1989
Kania and Wegierek 2008 2 specimens
PIN 4210/2814, 2822
Caudaphis longiantennata Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5666
Caudaphis brevicrura Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2817
Caudaphis vulgata Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 3 specimens
PIN 4210/6913, 2811, 5660
Caudaphis modica Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 2 specimens
PIN 4210/2823, 5558
Caudaphis angustivola Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 3 specimens
PIN 4210/6891, 5670, 2816
Annulaphis mostovskini Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5554
Ellinaphis sp. Shaposhnikov 1979
Kania and Wegierek 2008 2 specimens
PIN 4210/2819, 2826
Ellinaphis bulla Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6895
Ellinaphis curta Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5652
Ellinaphis premordica n. sp. Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2818 (1 measurement)
Ellinaphis extenda Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 3 specimens
PIN 4210/7578, 6907, 5632
Ellinaphis incognita Shaposhnikov 1979
Kania and Wegierek 2008 3 specimens
PIN 4210/6909, 2812, 5657
Ellinaphis cubocrassa Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 5 specimens
PIN 4210/5662, 7579, 6898, 2820, 5581
Ellinaphis truncata n. sp. Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 2 specimens
PIN 4210/2828, 5636 (2 measurements)
Ellinaphis mirabila Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5564
Ellinaphis longistigma Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 2 specimens
PIN 4210/6901, 5650
Ellinaphis eserta Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5635
Rallotopaphis antennata Kania and Wegierek 2008
Kania and Wegierek 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2810
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Archobraconus pallidus n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988
Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 1 specimen
PIN 4210/1157 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Rudimentifera suspecta n. sp. Kopylov 2009
Kopylov 2009 1 specimen
PIN 4210/1154 (2 measurements)
Megachora sibirica n. gen., n. sp. Kopylov 2010
Kopylov 2010 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5248 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Kempynosmylus zherikhini n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin 2014
Makarkin 2014 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5274 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) maculatus n. sp. Nikolajev 1992
Nikolajev 1992 1 specimen
recombined as Antemnacrassa maculata
PIN 4210/711; 715, 7172 in Nikolajev, 2004 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Cryptocoelus shcherbakovi n. sp. Alexeev 2011
Alexeev 2011 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6417 (2 measurements)
Cryptocoelus dolini n. sp. Alexeev 2011
Alexeev 2011 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6420 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Baissacar passarius n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2011
1 specimen
PIN 4210/726 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae
Lithogeotrupes confusus n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 2008
Nikolajev 2008 2 specimens
PIN 4210/7267, 6035 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaresidae
Cretoglaresis nana n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 2007
Nikolajev 2007 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5462 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) nigrovittatus n. sp. Nikolajev 1992
Nikolajev 1992 1 specimen
recombined as Holcorobeus nigrovittatus
PIN 4210/712 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae
Cretohybosorus striatulus n. sp. Nikolajev 1999
Nikolajev 1999 1 specimen
PIN 4210/710 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Cretoserica latitibialis n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 1998
Nikolajev 1998 1 specimen
PIN 4210/714 (1 measurement)
Cretomelolontha transbaikalica Nikolajev 1998
Nikolajev 1998 1 specimen
PIN 4210/713
Insecta - Diptera
Baisepesthoneura mesozoica n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2860 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Zazicia innuba Blagoderov 1995
Blagoderov 1995 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2961
Docosia baisae n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2967 (2 measurements)
Docosia zaza n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2963 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Nemestrinidae
Hirmoneura (? Hirmoneura) elenae n. sp. Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000
Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6381 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera
Athericites zazicola n. sp. Mostovski et al. 2003
Mostovski et al. 2003 1 specimen
recombined as Palaepangonius zazicola
PIN 4210/5215 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Ptiolinites oudatchinae n. sp. Mostovski et al. 2000
Mostovski et al. 2000 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5216 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Ironomyiidae
Hermaeomyia armata n. sp. Mostovski 1995
Mostovski 1995 1 specimen
recombined as Palaeopetia armata
PIN 4210/3088 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Platypezidae
Parnasos pessimus n. sp. Mostovski 1995
Mostovski 1995 1 specimen
PIN 4210/3099 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Buryatia
Coordinates: 53.3° North, 112.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.0° North, 108.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 3
Key time interval: Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 113 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zaza
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: "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
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Database number:106103
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-03-02 10:23:16 Last modified:2014-08-05 22:42:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-02 10:23:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35388. V. G. Gratshev and A. A. Legalov. 2011. New Mesozoic Ithyceridae beetles (Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 45:77-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

36783 A. V. Alexeev. 2011. New click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Cretaceous of Russia and Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 45(4):423-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
42205 V. A. Blagoderov. 1995. Fungus gnats of the tribe Sciophilini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 29(1):72-83 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
40864 V. A. Blagoderov. 1998. Fungus Gnats of the tribes Gnoristini and Leiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 32(1):54-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
37319 H. L. Chang, A. Kirejtshuk, and D. Ren. 2011. New genus and species of Cerophytidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa. Cretaceous Research 32:700-704 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48084 I. Kania and P. Wegierek. 2008. Palaeoaphididae (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) from Lower Cretaceous Baissa deposits: Morphology and classification. Monografie faunistyczne 25:1-135 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
36791 D. S. Kopylov. 2009. A new subfamily of Ichneumonids from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Paleontological Journal 43(1):83-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36789 D. S. Kopylov. 2010. Ichneumonids of the Subfamily Tanychorinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 44(2):180-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52767 V. N. Makarkin. 2014. A new fossil genus of Osmylidae (Neuroptera) from the Early Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikalia. Far Eastern Entomologist 278:8-12 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46865 M. B. Mostovski. 1995. New Mesozoic Platypezidae (Diptera) and the main directions of evolution of the family. Paleontological Journal 29(2):130-146 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
40861 M. B. Mostovski. 1995. New taxa of Ironomyiidae (Diptera, Phoromorpha) from the Cretaceous of Siberia and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30:318-331 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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50115 G. V. Nikolajev. 1992. Taxonomic criteria and generic composition of Mesozoic lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Paleontological Journal 26(1):96-111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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