Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 45/19): Aptian, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Nuurcala popovi Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 12 specimens
PIN 3559/271, 283, 351, 355,364, 365, 263, 342, 275, 325
Insecta - Mantodea
Cretophotina mongolica Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Vršanský 2003 3 specimens
PIN 3559/277, 279, 614
Insecta - Blattodea
Blattodea indet. (Latreille 1810)
Vršanský 2003 44 specimens
corrected as Blattaria
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Archimesoblatta piniformis Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 2 specimens
PIN 3559/285, 286
Piniblattella altera Vršanský 1997
Vršanský 1997 24 specimens
recombined as Archimesoblatta altera
Brachymesoblatta arcuata n. sp. Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 6 specimens
PIN 3559/281, 264, 386, 408, 323
Praeblattella ponomarenkoi Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 32 specimens
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattulidae
Elisama parallela Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 23 specimens
Elisama grandis n. sp. Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 1 specimen
PIN 3559/271 (1 measurement)
Elisama tsaganica (Vršanský 1999)
Vršanský 2003 6 specimens
PIN 3559/335, 389, 409, 411, 412, 381
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Vitisma diffusa Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 1 specimen
PIN 3559/316
Petropterix alexeevi n. sp. Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 1 specimen
PIN 3559/2252 (1 measurement)
Petropterix mirabilis Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 1 specimen
PIN 3559/274
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae
Thoracotrema zonale n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1993
Rasnitsyn 1993 1 specimen
PIN 3559/651 (1 measurement)
Thoracotrema obscuripenne n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1993
Rasnitsyn 1993 1 specimen
PIN 3559/650 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Priorvespa minuta n. sp. Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990
Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990 1 specimen
PIN 3559/716 (1 measurement)
Priorvespa quadrata Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990
Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990 1 specimen
PIN 3559/698
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Palaeoichneumon tenebrosus n. sp. Kopylov 2009
1 specimen
PIN 3559/676 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Notocupes elegans Ponomarenko 1994
Ponomarenko 1994 14 specimens
PIN 3559/1639, 1642, 1637, 1647, 1649, 1651, 1652, 1658, 1660, 1665, 1669, 1643, 1663, 1647(1673), 3498
Notocupes mongolicus Ponomarenko 1994
Ponomarenko 1994 2 specimens
PIN 3559/1644, 1668
Notocupes dundulaensis n. sp. Ponomarenko 1994
Ponomarenko 1994 3 specimens
recombined as Brachilatus dundulaensis
PIN 3559/1631, 1627, 1674 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Priacmopsis minimus Ponomarenko 1997
Ponomarenko 1997 1 specimen
recombined as Anaglyphites minimus
PIN 3559/1628 (outcrop 45, no bed given)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Tetraphalerus collaris n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997
Ponomarenko 1997 1 specimen
PIN 3559/1629 (2 measurements)
Tetraphalerus notatus Ponomarenko 1997
Ponomarenko 1997 4 specimens
PIN 3559/1596, 1597, 1620, 1654 (outcrop 45, no bed given)
Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis Ponomarenko 1997
Ponomarenko 1997 1 specimen
recombined as Allophalerus bontsaganensis
PIN 3559/1641 (outcrop 45, no bed given)
Tetraphalerus longicollis Ponomarenko 1997
Ponomarenko 1997 2 specimens
recombined as Omma longicolle
PIN 3559/1634, 1666 (outcrop 45, no bed given)
Brochocoleus planus Ponomarenko 1994
Ponomarenko 1994 2 specimens
PIN 3559/1667, 1675
Brochocoleus cossyphus n. sp. Ponomarenko 1994
Ponomarenko 1994 3 specimens
PIN 3559/1640, 1671, 1640 (no bed given) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Palaeothoracotropis dundulensis n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 3559/4050 (1 measurement)
Ipsaneusidalys shato Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 17 specimens
PIN 3559/3983, 3990, 3993, 3994, 3995, 4007, 4009, 4021, 4024, 4032, 4036, 4055, 4068, 4075, 4076, 4087, 4104 (2 measurements)
Paradzickia hador n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 3559/4004 (1 measurement)
Drepanorzeckia extrunculipennis Blagoderov 1997
Blagoderov 1998 2 specimens
PIN 3559/4017, 4091
Drepanorzeckia plana Blagoderov 1997
Blagoderov 1998 6 specimens
PIN 3559/4015, 4066, 4089, 4110, 4113, 4165
Apolephthisa mesozoica n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 3559/4035 (1 measurement)
Palaecomoptera cf. curvicosta Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 3559/4429; slightly larger than holotype possibly new species (1 measurement)
Palaecomoptera shcherbakovi Blagoderov 1997
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 3559/3999(4151)
Syntemna sp. Winnertz 1863
Blagoderov 1998 10 specimens
PIN 3559/3981, 3992, 4006, 4016, 4027, 4038, 4047, 4065, 4125, 4133
Syntemna tele Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 10 specimens
PIN 3559/3984, 4012, 4013, 4012, 4058, 4064, 4067,4099, 4103, 4163 (4 measurements)
Syntemna zhuzhan Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 6 specimens
PIN 3559/3981, 3988, 4102, 4124, 4147, 4160
Pollicitator bontsaganicus n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 2 specimens
PIN 3559/4019, 4085 (1 measurement)
Zazicia innuba Blagoderov 1995
Blagoderov 1998 2 specimens
PIN 3559/4008(4046), 4033
Baisodicrana mongolica n. sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 2 specimens
PIN 3559/3982,4086(4081) (2 measurements)
Polylepta (Lyptolape) sp. Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 3 specimens
Polylepta (Lyptolape) lyptolape Blagoderov 1998
Blagoderov 1998 1 specimen
PIN 3559/4056
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:125.00000 - 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:113356
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-07-28 14:22:32 Last modified:2014-08-06 13:33:04
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-28 14:22:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

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]
37058 J. M. Carpenter and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1990. Mesozoic Vespidae. Psyche 97(1-2):1-20 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
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]
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]
51890 P. Vršanský. 1997. Piniblattella gen. nov. - the most ancient genus of the family Blattellidae (Blattodea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Siberia. Entomological Problems 28:67-79 [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]
44605 P. Vršanský. 2003. Umenocoleoidea - an amazing lineage of aberrant insects (Insecta, Blattaria). AMBA Projekty 7(1):1-32 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]