Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130): Late Santonian, Russian Federation
collected 1970
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Latridiidae
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Succinimontia infleta n. gen., n. sp.
Zherikhin 1977
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Arnoldi et al. 1977 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/31 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cerophytidae
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Aphytocerus communis
Zherikhin 1977
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Arnoldi et al. 1977 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/28, 29, 35 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Trichophya sp.
Mannerheim 1830
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Jenkins Shaw et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/198 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Coniopterygidae
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Glaesoconis cretica
Meinander 1975
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Meinander 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/36 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Falsiformicidae
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Taimyrisphex pristinus n. gen., n. sp.
Evans 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIN 3130/16 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Cretomyrma arnoldii n. gen., n. sp.
Dlussky 1975
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Rasnitsyn 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/113 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Pemphredonidae
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Pittoecus pauper n. gen., n. sp.
Evans 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIN 3130/18 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Dryinidae
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Cretodryinus zherichini n. gen., n. sp.
Ponomarenko 1975
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Rasnitsyn 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/112 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Chrysididae
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Protamisega khatanga n. gen., n. sp.
Evans 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIN 3130/19 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Hypocleptes rasnitsyni
Evans 1973
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2 specimens | |||||||||
PIN 3130/20,22 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Bethylidae
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Cretabythus sibiricus n. gen., n. sp.
Evans 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIN 3130/17 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Archaepyris minutus
Evans 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
PIN 3130/21 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Baeomorphidae
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Baeomorpha gracilis
Gumovsky 2017
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Gumovsky et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/203 | ||||||||||
Baeomorpha quattoruno
Gumovsky 2017
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Gumovsky et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/39 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Psocodea
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Psocomorpha informal indet. 1
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Vishnyakova 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/26 | ||||||||||
Cretapsocus capillatus n. gen., n. sp.
Vishnyakova 1975
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Vishnyakova 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/25 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Lophioneurida
- Lophioneuridae
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Jantardachus perfectus n. gen., n. sp.
Vishnyakova 1981
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Vishnyakova 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/167 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Perforissidae
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Cixitettix yangi n. gen., n. sp.
Shcherbakov 2007
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Shcherbakov 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/169 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Dictyopharidae
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Netutela annunciator n. gen., n. sp.
Emeljanov 1983
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Emeljanov 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/168 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Inkaidae
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Inka minuta
Koteja 1989
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Koteja 1989 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/175, 176 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Palaeoaphididae
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Palaeoaphis incognita n. sp.
Kononova 1976
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Kononova 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/97 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Elektraphididae
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Antonaphis brachycera n. gen., n. sp.
Kononova 1977
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Kononova 1977 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/99, 100 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Tajmyraphididae
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Tajmyraphis beckermigdisovae n. sp.
Kononova 1975
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Kononova 1975 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/98 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Aphididae
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Aniferella sibirica n. sp.
Kononova 1977
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Kononova 1977 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/96 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Mantodea
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Mantodea indet.
Burmeister 1838
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Vršanský 2019 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/52, 196 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Mesoblattinidae
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Perlucipecta sp.
Wei and Ren 2013
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Vršanský 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/197 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Liberiblattinidae
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Liberiblattinidae indet.
Vršanský 2002
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Vršanský 2019 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/49, 50a, 50b, 53, 55, 198 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Blattulidae
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Blattulidae indet.
Vishnyakova 1982
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Vršanský 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/51 ("Ocelloblattula, Huablattula, or related predatory genus") | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Siphlonuridae
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Cretoneta zherichini n. gen., n. sp.
Tshernova 1971
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Tshernova 1971 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/4, 5-10, 12 (only 4 and 9 listed by Kluge, 1993) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Baetidae
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Palaeocloeon taimyricum
Kluge 1997
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Kluge 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Or PIN collection 3311 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Australiphemeridae
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Palaeoanthus orthostylus
Kluge 1993
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Kluge 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/13 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Chironomidae
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? Pseudochironomini indet.
Saether 1977
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Giłka et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/223 | ||||||||||
Mesoacentron kaluginae n. gen., n. sp.
Giłka et al. 2021
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Giłka et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/224 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cretodiamesa taimyrica n. gen., n. sp.
Kalugina 1976
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Kalugina 1976 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/145, 445 (males), 148 (female) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Phoridae
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Maksika dvija n. gen., n. sp.
Mostovski 1999
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Mostovski 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/195 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Dolichopodidae
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Archichrysotus hennigi n. gen., n. sp.
Negrobov 1978
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Negrobov 1978 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/166 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Hybotidae
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Archiplatypalpus cretaceus n. gen., n. sp.
Kovalev 1974
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Kovalev 1974 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/14,15 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Mythicomyiidae
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Proplatypygus rohdendorfi n. sp.
Zaitzev 1986
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Zaitzev 1986 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Procyrtosia sukatshevae n. gen., n. sp.
Zaitzev 1986
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Zaitzev 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Rhagionidae
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Zarzia zherichini n. gen., n. sp.
Zaitzev 1986
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Zaitzev 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
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Thereotricha sibirica n. sp.
Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
PIN 3130/182-185 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Izleiina mirifica n. gen., n. sp.
Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/187 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Nedocosia exsanguis n. gen., n. sp.
Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
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Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/193 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Ceratopogonidae
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Atriculicoides sp.
Remm 1976
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Szadziewski 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/129 | ||||||||||
Atriculicoides macrophthalmus n. sp.
Remm 1976
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Remm 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/118 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Atriculicoides squamiciliatus n. sp.
Remm 1976
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Remm 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/119 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Leptoconops sp.
Skuse 1889
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Szadziewski 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/129 | ||||||||||
Austroconops sibiricus n. sp.
Szadziewski 1996
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Szadziewski 1996 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIN 3130/136 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Russian Federation |
Coordinates: | 71.3° North, 99.6° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 68.8° North, 73.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Late Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.3 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kheta |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | amber |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,amber |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | PIN | Collection dates: | 1970 |
Metadata
Database number: | 122590 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, L. Edwards, J. Karr, A. Delelli |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2012-01-03 16:13:04 | Last modified: | 2017-12-22 11:08:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-03 16:13:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39251. | H. E. Evans. 1973. Cretaceous aculeate wasps from Taimyr, Siberia (Hymenoptera). Psyche 80:166-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
39398 | V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433:1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/J. Karr] | |
39663 | A. F. Emeljanov. 1983. Dictyopharidae from the Cretaceous deposits on the Taymyr peninsula (Insecta, Homoptera). Paleontological Journal 17(3):77-82 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] | |
81247 | W. Giłka, M. Zakrzewska, E. D. Lukashevich, D. D. Vorontsov, A. Soszyńska-Maj, K. Skibińska, and P. S. Cranston. 2021. Wanted, tracked down and identified: Mesozoic non-biting midges of the subfamily Chironominae (Chironomidae, Diptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194:874-892 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
64203 | A. Gumovsky, E. Perkovsky, and A. Rasnitsyn. 2017. Laurasian ancestors and "Gondwanan" descendants of Rotoitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): What a review of Late Cretaceous Baeomorpha revealed. Cretaceous Research. Cretaceous Research 84:286-322 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
86994 | J. Jenkins Shaw, A. Solodovnikov, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2024. Discovery of the rove beetle subfamily Trichophyinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber, Siberia, Russia. Cretaceous Research 154(105741) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40399 | N. S. Kalugina. 1976. Non-Biting Midges of the Subfamily Diamesinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Taymyr. Paleontological Journal 10(1):79-83 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards] | |
49143 | N. J. Kluge. 1997. Classification and phylogeny of the Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) with description of the new species from the Upper Cretaceous resins of Taimyr. In P. Landolt, M. Sartori (eds.), Ephemeroptera & Plecoptera: Biology-Ecology-Systematics 527-535 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40230 | N. Y. Kluge. 1993. New data on mayflies (Ephemeroptera) from Mesozoic and Cenozoic resins. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):35-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
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45206 | E. L. Kononova. 1976. Extinct aphid families (Homoptera, Aphidinea) of the Late Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 10(3):352-360 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] | |
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