Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 88): Aptian, Mongolia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Syntemna zhuzhan
Blagoderov 1998
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Blagoderov 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/4427 | ||||||||||
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Syntemna tele
Blagoderov 1998
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Blagoderov 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/3627, 4431 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattaria
- Caloblattinidae
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Nuurcala popovi
Vršanský 2003
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Vršanský 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/8216 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Mantodea
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Cretophotina mongolica
Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
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Vršanský 2003 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/483, 8198, 8209 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Alienoptera
- Umenocoleidae
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Petropterix mirabilis
Vršanský 2003
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Vršanský 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/2291 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
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Blattodea indet.
(Latreille 1810)
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Vršanský 2003 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| corrected as Blattaria | ||||||||||
| PIN 3559/8200, 8203, 8204 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Blattulidae
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Elisama tsaganica
(Vršanský 1999)
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Vršanský 2003 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/481, 8197, 8213 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Mesoblattinidae
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Praeblattella ponomarenkoi
Vršanský 2003
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Vršanský 2003 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| PIN 3559/478, 480, 488, 8199, 8201, 8202(5), 8208, 8212, 8215 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Notocupes dundulaensis
Ponomarenko 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Brachilatus dundulaensis | ||||||||||
| PIN 3559/6032 | ||||||||||
| 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: | 125194 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-03-06 10:51:34 | Last modified: | 2014-08-06 13:37:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-06 10:51:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40613. | A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115 [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |