PBDB Collection

Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87/8): Aptian, Mongolia

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

	Ipsaneusidalys shato Blagoderov 1998	Blagoderov 1998	4 specimens
	PIN 3559/9196, 9200, 9246, 9247

	Drepanorzeckia plana Blagoderov 1997	Blagoderov 1998	2 specimens
	PIN 3559/9070, 9076

	Drepanorzeckia extrunculipennis Blagoderov 1997	Blagoderov 1998	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/9113(9123)

	Syntemna tele Blagoderov 1998	Blagoderov 1998	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/9272

	Syntemna zhuzhan Blagoderov 1998	Blagoderov 1998	3 specimens
	PIN 3559/9094, 9095, 10105
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

	Petropterix mirabilis Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	10 specimens
	PIN 3559/5785, 5786, 5787, 5788, 5789, 5791, 5792, 5793, 5794, 5890
Insecta - Blattodea

	Blattodea indet. (Latreille 1810)	Vršanský 2003	21 specimens
	corrected as Blattaria
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattulidae

	Ctenoblattina tsaganica n. sp. Vršanský 1999	Vršanský 1999	62 specimens
	recombined as Elisama tsaganica
	PIN 3559/8100 (count from Vrsansky 2003) (1 measurement)

	Elisama parallela Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	6 specimens
	PIN 3559/8018, 8031, 8167, 8038, 8053, 8058
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

	Tarakanula shcherbakovi n. gen., n. sp. Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	4 specimens
	PIN 3559/8037(8045), 8085, 8062, 8070

	Praeblattella ponomarenkoi Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	4 specimens
	PIN 3559/8149, 8188, 8114, 8150

	Praeblattella zrnko n. sp. Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/8065(8109) (1 measurement)

	Praeblattella dichotoma n. sp. Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	4 specimens
	PIN 3559/8050(8152), 8030, 8041, 8068
Insecta - Mantodea

	Cretophotina mongolica Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993	Vršanský 2003	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/8195
Insecta - Blattaria - Caloblattinidae

	Nuurcala popovi n. gen., n. sp. Vršanský 2003	Vršanský 2003	24 specimens

	Caloblattina informal sp. 2 Handlirsch 1906	Vršanský 2003	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/8017
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

	Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	1 specimen
	recombined as Allophalerus bontsaganensis
	PIN 3559/6051 (2 measurements)

	Brochocoleus alatus Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/6057

	Brochocoleus planus n. sp. Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/6058 (2 measurements)

	Brochocoleus cossyphus Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/6046

	Tetraphalerus notatus n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	3 specimens
	PIN 3559/6053, 6029, 6056 (2 measurements)

	Omma antennatum n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/6048 (2 measurements)

	Tetraphalerus longicollis Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	2 specimens
	recombined as Omma longicolle
	PIN 3559/6033, 6042
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

	Anaglyphites mongolicus Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/6055

	Priacmopsis minimus n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	1 specimen
	recombined as Anaglyphites minimus
	PIN 3559/6052 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Notocupes elegans Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	1 specimen
	PIN 3669/6060

	Notocupes mongolicus Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	2 specimens
	PIN 3559/1656, 6038

	Haliplus cretaceus n. sp. Prokin and Ponomarenko 2013	Prokin and Ponomarenko 2013	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/6371 (2 measurements)

	Hydrophilopsia bontsaganica n. sp. Prokin 2009	Prokin 2009	1 specimen
	recombined as Laetopsia bontsaganica
	PIN 3559/6370 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Vitimotauliidae

	Multimodus parcus Sukacheva 1992	Sukacheva 1992	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/5892
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae

	Thoracotrema oculatum n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1988	Rasnitsyn 1988	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4572 (2 measurements)

	Neoxyelula reducta Rasnitsyn 1993	Rasnitsyn 1993	4 specimens
	PIN 3559/4433, 4446, ?4440, ?4441

	Neoxyelula oligophlebia n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1993	Rasnitsyn 1993	3 specimens
	PIN 3559/4432, 4437, 4445 (2 measurements)

	Ghilarella alexialis n. sp. Kopylov and Rasnitsyn 2017	Kopylov and Rasnitsyn 2017	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/646 (formerly paratype of G. mercurialis)

	Ghilarella mercurialis n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1988	Rasnitsyn 1988	8 specimens
	PIN 3559/4461, 644, 647, 649, 665, 4462, 4565 (not 646) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cephidae

	Mesocephus ghilarovi n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1988	Rasnitsyn 1988	1 specimen
	recombined as Cuspilongus ghilarovi
	PIN 3559/652 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

	Palaeoichneumon danu n. sp. Kopylov 2009	Kopylov 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4489 (2 measurements)

	Palaeoichneumon ornatus n. sp. Kopylov 2009	Kopylov 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4488 (2 measurements)

	Dischysma similis n. sp. Kopylov 2009	Kopylov 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4490 (2 measurements)

	Dischysma maculata n. gen., n. sp. Kopylov 2009	Kopylov 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4492 (2 measurements)

	Rudimentifera mora n. gen., n. sp. Kopylov 2009	Kopylov 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4486 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae

	Bestiola communis n. sp. Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 1999	Rasnitsyn et al. 1999	4 specimens
	recombined as Cretobestiola communis
	PIN 3559/4525, 4528, 4530, 4526 (3 measurements)

	Bestiola subpetiolata n. sp. Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 1999	Rasnitsyn et al. 1999	1 specimen
	recombined as Cretobestiola subpetiolata
	PIN 3559/4529 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Dryinidae

	? Deinodryinus aptianus n. sp. Olmi et al. 2010	Olmi et al. 2010	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4586 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Embolemidae

	Baissobius carolianus n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1996	Rasnitsyn 1996	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4523 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

	Curiosivespa derivata n. sp. Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990		1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4527 (1 measurement)

	Priorvespa recidiva n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990		1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4532 (1 measurement)

	Priorvespa quadrata n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990		1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4537 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stigmaphronidae

	Aphrostigmon bontsaganicum n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1991	Rasnitsyn 1991	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4473 (2 measurements)

	Aphrostigmon priapulus n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1991	Rasnitsyn 1991	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4472 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Praeaulacidae

	Westratia gobiensis n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1990	Rasnitsyn 1990	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/10168 (2 measurements)

	Miniwestratia minima n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1990	Rasnitsyn 1990	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4485 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Evaniidae

	Cretevania meridionalis n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1991	Rasnitsyn 1991	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/4484 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Baissidae

	Baissa mongolica n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1991	Rasnitsyn 1991	2 specimens
	PIN 3559/4479(4482), 4480(4481) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Perforissidae

	Tsaganema oshanini n. gen., n. sp. Shcherbakov 2007	Shcherbakov 2007	8 specimens
	PIN 3559/7455, 7457, 7458, 7451, 7452, 7456, 7454, 7453 (4 measurements)
Arachnida - Araneae - Antrodiaetidae

	Cretacattyma raveni n. gen., n. sp. Eskov and Zonshtein 1990	Eskov and Zonshtein 1990	1 specimen
	PIN 3559/5762
Arachnida - Araneae

	Cretomegahexura platnicki n. gen., n. sp. Eskov and Zonshtein 1990	Eskov and Zonshtein 1990	3 specimens
	PIN 3559/5763, 5760, 5761
see common names

Geography

Country:	Mongolia
Coordinates:	45.5° North, 99.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	46.1° North, 99.1° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Cretaceous	Epoch:	Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:	Aptian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:	Aptian
Age range of interval:	121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Bon Tsaagan	Formation:	Dzun-Bain	Member:	Khurilt
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Possibly late Neocomian (Barremian)-early Aptian but typically treated as Aptian by paleoentomologists.

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:	lacustrine indet.	Tectonic setting:	rift

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	adpression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	113355
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-07-28 14:19:34	Last modified:	2014-08-06 13:32:50
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-07-28 14:19:34
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

37058.

J. M. Carpenter and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1990. Mesozoic Vespidae. Psyche 97(1-2):1-20 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

42188		V. A. Blagoderov. 1998. Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 32(6):598-604 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
9336		K. Y. Eskov and S. Zonshtein. 1990. First Mesozoic mygalomorph spiders from the Lower Cretaceous of Siberia and Mongolia, with notes on the system and evolution of the infraorder Mygalomorphae (Chelicerata: Araneae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 178:325-368 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]
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]
62502		D. S. Kopylov and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2017. New sepulcids (Hymenoptera: Sepulcidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Asia: II. Ghilarellinae and Trematothoracinae. Paleontological Journal 51:291-303 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39732		M. Olmi, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and A. Guglielmino. 2010. Revision of rock fossils of Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Zootaxa 2499:21-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40613		A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40088		A. G. Ponomarenko. 1997. New beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Mesozoic of Mongoloa. Ommatini, Mesocupedini, Priacmini. Paleontological Journal 31:389-399 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
42486		A. A. Prokin. 2009. New water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 43:660-663 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44646		A. A. Prokin and A. G. Ponomarenko. 2013. The first record of crawling water beetles (Coleoptera, Haliplidae) in the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 47:89-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50527		A. Rasnitsyn. 1991. New hymenopterans of the genus Baissa (Gasteruptiidae s.l.) from Early Cretaceous Buryatia and Mongolia. Vestnik Zoologii 1991(1):78-79 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55995		A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1988. Sepul'ki i proiskhozhdenie steblevykh pilil'shchikov (Hymenoptera: Cephidae, Sepulcidae). Trudy Vsesoiuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva 70:68-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50526		A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1990. New representatives of the hymenopterous family Praeaulacidae from Early Cretaceous Buryatia and Mongolia. Vestnik Zoologii 1990(6):27-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40941		A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1991. Early Cretaceous evanimorphous hymenopteran families Stigmaphronidae and Cretevaniidae and the subfamily Kotujellitinae (Gasteruptiidae). Paleontological Journal 25(4):172-179 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44176		A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1993. Novye taksony sepulek (Vespida: Sepulcidae). In A. G. Ponomarenko (ed.), Mezozoyskie Nasekomye i Ostrakody Azii 80-99 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51681		A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1996. New Early Cretaceous Embolemidae (Vespida = Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 17:183-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39607		A. P. Rasnitsyn, W. J. Pulawski, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1999. Cretaceous digger wasps of the new genus Bestiola Pulawski and Rasnitsyn (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Angarosphecinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 8:23-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46911		D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. An extraordinary new family of Cretaceous planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Russian Entomological Journal 16(2):139-154 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
38785		I. D. Sukacheva. 1992. Novye iskopaemye predstaviteli otryada rucheynikov (Phryganeida) iz Mongolii. Novye Taksony Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Rossiisko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 4:111-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51570		P. Vršanský. 1999. Two new species of Blattaria (Insecta) from the Lower Creataceous of Asia with comments on the origin and phylogenetic position of families Polypagidae and Blattulidae. Entomological Problems 30(2):85-91 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50792		P. Vršanský. 2003. Unique assemblage of Dictyoptera (Insecta - Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Bon Tsagaan Nuur in Mongolia. Entomological Problems 33:119-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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