Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 35): Aptian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Saurodectidae
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Saurodectes vrsanskyi n. gen., n. sp.
Rasnitsyn and Zherikhin 1999
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Rasnitsyn and Zherikhin 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/7056 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Matsucoccidae
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Eomatsucoccus popovi n. sp.
Koteja 1988
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIN 4210/1102 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Szelegiewicziidae
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Brimaphis certa
Wegierek 1989
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Wegierek 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2839 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Tinaphis laticubitus n. gen., n. sp.
Wegierek 1989
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Wegierek 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2849 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Palaeoaphididae
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Ellinaphidinae indet.
Kania and Wegierek 2008
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Kania and Wegierek 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2838, 7612 | ||||||||||
Ellinaphis extenda
Kania and Wegierek 2008
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Kania and Wegierek 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2835 | ||||||||||
Ellinaphis incognita
Shaposhnikov 1979
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Kania and Wegierek 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2841 | ||||||||||
Ellinaphis longistigma
Kania and Wegierek 2008
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Kania and Wegierek 2008 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2831, 2832, 2833, 7613 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Ichneumonidae
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Palaeoichneumon mirabilis n. sp.
Kopylov 2009
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Kopylov 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/1155 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Palaecomoptera longimedia
Blagoderov 1997
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Blagoderov 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/2977 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Ironomyiidae
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Hermaeomyia armata
Mostovski 1995
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Mostovski 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Palaeopetia armata | ||||||||||
PIN 4210/3089 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Platypezidae
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Parnasos firmipes
Mostovski 1995
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Mostovski 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 4210/3100 | ||||||||||
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 |
Collection size: | 7647 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PIN |
Metadata
Database number: | 113353 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, L. Edwards, J. Karr |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2011-07-28 14:15:37 | Last modified: | 2014-08-05 22:40:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-28 14:15:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
51538. | J. Koteja. 1988. Eomatsucoccus n. g. (Homoptera, Coccinea) from Siberian Lower Cretaceous deposits. Annales Zoologici 42:141-163 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
41289 | V. A. Blagoderov. 1997. Fungus Gnats of the Tribe Gnoristini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 31(6):609-615 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/J. Karr] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
36790 | A. P. Rasnitsyn and V. V. Zherikhin. 1999. First fossil chewing louse from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikalia (Insecta, Pediculida=Phthiriaptera, Saurodectidae fam n). Russian Entomological Journal 8(4):253-255 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40723 | P. Wegierek. 1989. New species of Mesozoic aphids (Snaposhnikoviidae, Homoptera). Paleontological Journal 23(4):40-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |