Baissa (PIN collection 4210, unknown layer): Aptian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Archimesoblatta altera (Vršanský 1997)
Vršanský 2003 2 specimens
PIN 421/1328, 1370
Insecta - Blattodea - Ectobiidae
Piniblattella vitimica (Vishnyakova 1964)
Vršanský 1997 42 specimens
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Petropterix sibirix Vršanský 2003
Vršanský 2003 1 specimen
PIN 4210/1439
Insecta - Hemiptera - Hylicellidae
Vietocycla peregrina Shcherbakov 1988
Shcherbakov 1988 3 specimens
PIN 4210/1016-1018
Insecta - Hemiptera - Saldidae
Baissotea infanta n. gen., n. sp. Ryzhkova 2015
Ryzhkova 2015 41 specimens
PIN 4210/2063(2069), 1646, 1905, 2013, 2029, 5731, 5736, 5738, 5740, 6722, 1655 and 30 elytra
Insecta - Hemiptera - Bajsaphididae
Bajsaphididae indet. Homan et al. 2015
Homan et al. 2015 3 specimens
PIN 4210/2632, 4157, 5598
Bajsaphis kononovae Shaposhnikov 1985
Homan et al. 2015 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2844
Bajsaphis abbreviata n. sp. Homan et al. 2015
Homan et al. 2015 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2806 (2 measurements)
Bajsaphis eridmata n. sp. Homan et al. 2015
Homan et al. 2015 1 specimen
PIN 4210/7576 (2 measurements)
Bajsaphis cuspidata n. sp. Homan et al. 2015
Homan et al. 2015 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6905 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae
Żyła et al. 2017 3 specimens
PIN 4210/2516(2518), 2546, 4477
Insecta - Hemiptera - Szelegiewicziidae
Brimaphis certa Wegierek 1989
Wegierek et al. 2017 1 specimen
PIN 4210/4675
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae
Ghilarella masculina n. sp. Kopylov and Rasnitsyn 2017
Kopylov and Rasnitsyn 2017 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5234
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pelecinidae
Eopelecinus rudis n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/1173 (2 measurements)
Eopelecinus exquisitus n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/1171 (2 measurements)
Eopelecinus scorpioideus n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/5242 (2 measurements)
Iscopinus simplex n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/5239 (3 measurements)
? Iscopinus suspectus n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/5240 (1 measurement)
Scorpiopelecinus laetus n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/6938 (3 measurements)
Protopelecinus furtivus n. sp. Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
1 specimen
PIN 4210/7069 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Archaeocynipidae
Archaeocynips villosa n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Kovalev 1988
Rasnitsyn and Kovalev 1988 1 specimen
PIN 4210/368 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Embolemidae
Baissobius minutus n. sp. Olmi et al. 2010
Olmi et al. 2010 1 specimen
PIN 4210/1203 (1 measurement)
Embolemopsis baissensis n. gen., n. sp. Olmi et al. 2010
Olmi et al. 2010 1 specimen
PIN 4210/7095 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Anaxyelidae
Anaxyelidae indet. Martynov 1925
Kopylov 2019 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5235
Parasyntexis sp. Kopylov 2019
Kopylov 2019 1 specimen
PIN 4210/1843
Insecta - Siphonaptera - Saurophthiridae
Saurophthirus longipes Ponomarenko 1976
Strelnikova and Rasnitsyn 2016 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6965
Insecta - Raphidioptera
Raphidioptera indet. (Handlirsch 1908)
Ponomarenko 1993 2 specimens
original and current combination Raphidioidea
PIN 4210/2217, 2232
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Baisoraphidia sp. Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2220
Baisoraphidia glossopteron n. gen., n. sp. Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2215 (1 measurement)
Siboptera medialis n. sp. Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
recombined as Mesoraphidia medialis
PIN 4210/2230 (1 measurement)
Alloraphidia deserta Ponomarenko 1988
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
recombined as Pararaphidia deserta
PIN 4210/2231
Alloraphidia asiatica n. sp. Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2229 (1 measurement)
Archeraphidia baisensis Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2233 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Baissoptera sibirica Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 2 specimens
PIN 4210/2223, 2224
Baissoptera martinsoni Martynova 1961
Ponomarenko 1993 3 specimens
PIN 4210/2213, 2214, 2219 (1 measurement)
Baissoptera elongata n. sp. Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2221 (1 measurement)
Cretoraphidia macrocella n. sp. Ponomarenko 1993
Ponomarenko 1993 1 specimen
PIN 4210/2218 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nymphidae
Cretonymphes baisensis Ponomarenko 1992
Ponomarenko 1992 2 specimens
PIN 4210/2202, 2211
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Palaeodytes baissiensis n. sp. Prokin et al. 2013
Prokin et al. 2013 1 specimen
PIN 4210/380 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Antemnacrassa picturata (Nikritin 1977)
Nikolajev 2004 2 specimens
PIN 4210/703, 704
Antemnacrassa vitimensis (Nikritin 1977)
Nikolajev 2004 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5463
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Crepuraea explanata n. sp. Kirejtshuk 1990
Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 1990 1 specimen
PIN 4210/720 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae
Cretonemonyx profligatus n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2009
Gratshev and Legalov 2009 1 specimen
PIN 4210/729 (1 measurement)
Cretonemonyx longirostris n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2009
Gratshev and Legalov 2009 1 specimen
PIN 4210/7259 (1 measurement)
Pseudonemonyx stupendus n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2009
Gratshev and Legalov 2009 1 specimen
PIN 4210/7065 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Caridae
Testudobrenthorrhinus taetricus n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2011
Legalov 2011 10 specimens
PIN 4210/5917 (5920, 5922, 5925, 7067, 723, 7257, 7261, 7262, 730 in Legalov 2015) (1 measurement)
Baissabrenthorhinus mirabilis n. gen., n. sp. Legalov 2015
Legalov 2015 1 specimen
PIN 4210/5921 (2 measurements)
Baissorhynchus tarsalis Zherikhin 1977
Legalov 2015 8 specimens
PIN 4210/5918, 5919, 5923, 5924, 5926, 725, 727, 728
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae
Baissophytum amplus n. sp. Chang et al. 2011
Chang et al. 2011 1 specimen
recombined as Baissopsis ampla
PIN 4210/5915; layer not specified (2 measurements)
Baissophytum convexus n. gen., n. sp. Chang et al. 2011
Chang et al. 2011 1 specimen
corrected as Baissophytum convexum
PIN 4210/5481; layer not specified (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lasiosynidae
Lasiosyne decora Yan 2012
Yan 2012 1 specimen
PIN 4210/672
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Penichrolucanus kabakovi n. sp. Nikolajev 2010
Nikolajev 2010 1 specimen
PIN 4210/7269
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius cretaceous n. sp. Nikolajev 2008
Nikolajev 2008 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6411
Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Eoptychopterina sp. Kalugina 1985
Lukashevich 2004 1 specimen
PIN 4210/3342 (1 measurement)
Doptychoptera baisica n. gen., n. sp. Lukashevich 1998
Lukashevich et al. 1998 1 specimen
PIN 4210/3761 (1 measurement)
Proptychoptera cretacea Kalugina 1989
Kalugina 1989 1 specimen
recombined as Eoptychoptera cretacea
PIN 4210/3500
Insecta - Diptera - Kaluginamyiidae
Kaluginamyia baissica n. sp. Lukashevich et al. 2019
Lukashevich et al. 2019 2 specimens
PIN 4210/5213, 5214 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae
Apioceridae indet.
Labandeira 2005 1 specimen
PIN 4210/6380
    = Mydidae indet. Latreille 1806
Mostovski 2009
Implied by only recording Mydidae and not Apioceridae in family list
Arachnida - Araneae
Eocoddingtonia eskovi Selden 2010
Selden 2010 3 specimens
PIN 4210/5461, 5462, 5463
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/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
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
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Database number:118216
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, L. Edwards, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-10-09 15:59:16 Last modified:2014-08-05 22:44:32
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-09 15:59:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

38076. H. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2004. Pelecinid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from the Cretaceous of Russia and Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 25:807-825 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

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