Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2383): Turonian, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Proecanthus anatolicus n. gen., n. sp. Sharov 1968
1 specimen
PIN 2383/101 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Zeunerella arborea n. gen., n. sp. Sharov 1968
5 specimens
PIN 2383/102,100 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mantodea
Kazakhophotina corrupta n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993 1 specimen
PIN 2383/150 (1 measurement)
Cretophotina serotina n. sp. Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993
Gratshev and Zherikhin 1993 1 specimen
PIN 2383/151 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Umenotypus maculatus Sendi 2023
Sendi et al. 2023 1 specimen
PIN 2383/108
Nigropterix angustata n. gen., n. sp. Sendi 2023
Sendi et al. 2023 4 specimens
PIN 2383/118, 17, 42, 117 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Aerophasmidae
Cretophasma raggei n. gen., n. sp. Sharov 1968
1 specimen
PIN 2383/115 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesotrephidae
Mesotrephes striata n. gen., n. sp. Popov 1971
Popov 1971 2 specimens
PIN 2383/133, 132 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Armaniidae
Archaeopone kzylzharica n. gen., n. sp. Dlussky 1975
Rasnitsyn 1975 1 specimen
PIN 2383/263 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera
? Dolichomyrma latipes n. sp. Dlussky 1975
Rasnitsyn 1975 1 specimen
PIN 2383/144 (1 measurement)
Dolichomyrma longiceps n. gen., n. sp. Dlussky 1975
Rasnitsyn 1975 1 specimen
PIN 2383/145 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Curiosivespa curiosa n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1975
Rasnitsyn 1975 1 specimen
PIN 2383/143 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Bucculatricidae
Bucculatrix platani n. sp. Kozlov 1988
Kozlov 1988 1 specimen
PIN 2383/213
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nepticulidae
Stigmellites serpentina n. sp. Kozlov 1988
Kozlov 1988 1 specimen
PIN 2383/205
Stigmellites tyshchenkoi n. sp. Kozlov 1988
Kozlov 1988 1 specimen
PIN 2383/211
Stigmellites sharovi n. sp. Kozlov 1988
Kozlov 1988 1 specimen
PIN 2383/208
Stigmellites kzyldzharica n. sp. Kozlov 1988
Kozlov 1988 1 specimen
PIN 2383/206
Stigmellites samsonovi n. sp. Kozlov 1988
Kozlov 1988 1 specimen
PIN 2383/209
Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
Kulickiella roziczkae n. gen., n. sp. Sukatsheva 2001
Sukatsheva 2001 4 specimens
PIN 2383/164, 155, 163, 165 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alloraphidia kyzylzharica n. sp. Makarkin and Khramov 2015
Makarkin and Khramov 2015 1 specimen
PIN 2383/159 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae
Kagapsychops continentalis n. sp. Makarkin 1994
Makarkin 1994 1 specimen
PIN 2383/496 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Cretogermen turonicum n. gen., n. sp. Alexeev 2008
Alexeev 2008 2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Cretodytes latipes n. gen., n. sp. Ponomarenko 1977
Arnoldi et al. 1977 1 specimen
PIN 2383/256 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
"Carabites" creta n. sp. Ponomarenko 1977
Arnoldi et al. 1977 1 specimen
PIN 2383/111 (1 measurement)
Harpalinae indet. (Bonelli 1810)
Arnoldi et al. 1977 1 specimen
PIN 2383/206a (foretibia)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae
Cretotortor zherichini n. gen., n. sp. Ponomarenko 1973
Ponomarenko 1973 2 specimens
PIN 2383/215, 212 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Brochocoleus rostratus n. sp. Ponomarenko 1999
Ponomarenko 1999 1 specimen
PIN 2383/94 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Pretanaos ocularis n. gen., n. sp. Legalov 2014
Legalov 2014 1 specimen
PIN 2383/221 (1 measurement)
Longotanaos rasnitsyni n. gen., n. sp. Legalov 2014
Legalov 2014 1 specimen
PIN 2383/323 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae
Turononemonyx samsonovi n. gen., n. sp. Legalov 2014
Legalov 2014 1 specimen
PIN 2383/361 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Turonerirhinus punctatus n. sp. Legalov 2014
Legalov 2014 2 specimens
PIN 2383/257, 268 (1 measurement)
Turonerirhinus poinari n. sp. Legalov 2014
Legalov 2014 4 specimens
PIN 2383/372, 217, 219, 300 (2 measurements)
Turonerirhinus karatavensis n. gen., n. sp. Legalov 2014
Legalov 2014 6 specimens
PIN 2383/211, 250, 289, 260, 288, 233 (2 measurements)
Creterhirhinus kzyldzharensis n. gen., n. sp. Legalov 2010
Legalov 2010 1 specimen
PIN 2303/266 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Turonelater giganteus n. gen., n. sp. Alexeev 2011
Alexeev 2011 1 specimen
PIN 2383/252
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Kzylordynia obscura n. gen., n. sp. Alexeev 1995
Alexeev 1995 1 specimen
PIN 2383/305 (2283/305 incorrect) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Cretaesalus ponomarenkoi n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 1993
Nikolajev 1993 1 specimen
PIN 2383/307
Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Paraliupanshania torvaldsi n. gen., n. sp. Bechly et al. 2001
Bechly et al. 2001 1 specimen
PIN 2383/14 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 67.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 60.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Turonian
Age range of interval:93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular lithified mudstone
Environment:pond Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "...mudstone lenses in fluvial deposits" Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002. Lagoon environment according to Zherikhin (1978) and Legalov (2014).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:425 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Database number:103274
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, L. Edwards, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-01-25 01:33:37 Last modified:2014-08-23 10:42:39
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-25 01:33:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31339. A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216 [K. Beard/K. Beard/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

40859 A. V. Alexeev. 1995. New taxa of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30:310-317 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
34870 A. V. Alexeev. 2008. New Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and Similar Beetles from the Cretaceous and Early Paleogene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 42:53-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
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]
39413 L. V. Arnoldi, V. V. Zherikhin, L. M. Nikritin and A. G. Ponomarenko. 1977. Mezozoiskie zhestkokryiye. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:1-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35206 G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8897ETE V. G. Gratshev and V. V. Zherikhin. 1993. New Fossil Mantids (Insecta, Mantida [Sic]). Paleontological Journal 27(1A):148-165 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
48438 M. V. Kozlov. 1988. Paleontologiya cheshukerylykh i voprosy filogenii otrayada Papilionida. In A.G. Ponomarenko (ed.), Melovoy Biotsenoticheskiy Krizis i Evolyutsiya Nasekomykh 16-69 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39556 A. A. Legalov. 2010. Checklist of Mesozoic Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) with description of new taxa. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10:71-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52383 A. A. Legalov. 2014. New Nemonychidae, Brentidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Turonian of Kzyl-Dzhar (Kazakhstan). Historical Biology 26:675-689 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38391 V. N. Makarkin. 1994. Upper Cretaceous Neuroptera from Russia and Kazakhstan. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 30(3):283-292 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
53702 V. N. Makarkin and A. V. Khramov. 2015. A new fossil species of snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan, with notes on Turonian Neuropterida. Cretaceous Research 52:407-415 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52361 G. V. Nikolajev. 1993. Nakhodka grebenchatousogo zhuka (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) v verkhnem Mele Kazakhstana. Selevinia 1:89-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8973ETE A. G. Ponomarenko. 1973. Mesozoic Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae, Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 7(4):499-506 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/L. Edwards]
40965 A. G. Ponomarenko. 1999. A new beetle species of the genus Brochocoleus (Coleoptera, Cupedidae) from the Turonian of Kazakhstan. Paleontological Journal 33:272-273 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47775 Y. A. Popov. 1971. Historical development of the infraorder Nepomorpha (Heteroptera). Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 129:1-228 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
37059 A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1975. Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147:1-134 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
84929 H. Sendi, S. Le Tirant, H. Palková, D. Chorvát, J. and R. Cumming. 2023. Umenocoleidae (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from Turonian sediments of Kzyl‑Zhar, Kazakhstan and Cenomanian northern Myanmar amber. Biologia 78:1585-1609 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46956 I. D. Sukatsheva. 2001. New representative of Philopotamidae (Trichoptera) family from the Upper Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 46:65-66 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]