PBDB Collection

Shar-Tolgoy (PIN collection 4271): Aptian, Mongolia

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta - Blattaria - Caloblattinidae

	Nuurcala coloris n. sp. Kováčová 2022	Kováčová 2022	2 specimens
	PIN 4271/9, 15 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

	Vitisma okata n. sp. Kováčová 2022	Kováčová 2022	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/22
Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

	Valditermes acutipennis n. sp. Ponomarenko 1988	Ponomarenko 1988	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/1 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Cretofalselaterium baiankhongoricum n. gen., n. sp. Alexeev 2008		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Priacma oculata n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/182 (outcrop 381, bed 1) (2 measurements)

	Notocupes elegans Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	4 specimens
	PIN 4271/167 (outcrop 368/4), 187 (outcrop 382/5), 170 (outcrop 368/4), 178 (outcrop 368/5)

	Notocupes dundulaensis Ponomarenko 1994	Ponomarenko 1994	2 specimens
	PIN 4271/185 (outcrop 382/5), 168 (outcrop 368/4)

	Priacma longicapitis n. sp. Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/186 (outcrop 382, bed 5), 175 (outcrop 368, bed 5) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

	Tetraphalerus longicollis Ponomarenko 1997	Ponomarenko 1997	2 specimens
	PIN 4271/176, 179 (outcrop 368, bed 5)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

	Antemnacrassa albomaculata n. sp. Nikolajev 2004	Nikolajev 2004	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/212 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae

	Archescarabaeus mesozoicus n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 2010	Nikolajev 2010	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/222 (said to come from Baissa, but collection number is inconsistent) (2 measurements)

	Cretocoma tologoica n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 2002	Nikolajev 2002	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/217 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Holcorobeus atrosulcatus (Nikolajev 1992)	Nikolajev 2004	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/220
Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae

	Paratrox medvedevi n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 2009	Nikolajev 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/210 (2 measurements)

	Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis n. gen., n. sp. Nikolajev 2007	Nikolajev 2007	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/211 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Eucnemidae

	Cretopoena gratshevi n. gen., n. sp. Alexeev 2008		1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Eulichadidae

	Lasiosyne punctata n. sp. Yan 2012	Yan 2012	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/259
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

	Metabuprestium shartologoiense n. sp. Alexeev 1995	Alexeev 1995	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/243 (1 measurement)

	Metabuprestium dundulense Alexeev 1995	Alexeev 1995	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/239

	Metabuprestium ichbogdoense n. sp. Alexeev 2009	Alexeev 2009	1 specimen
	PIN 4271/242 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae

	Mongolocar orcinus n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2011	Gratshev and Legalov 2011	3 specimens
	PIN 4271/289 (4271/288, 290 in Legalov 2015) (2 measurements)

	Palaeocar princeps n. gen., n. sp. Gratshev and Legalov 2011	Gratshev and Legalov 2011	3 specimens
	PIN 4271/287 (4271/286, 291 in Legalov 2015) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

	Prospeolepta brevicubita n. sp. Blagoderov 2000	Blagoderov 2000	2 specimens
	PIN 4271/1481, 1482 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Mongolia
Coordinates:	46.1° North, 100.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	47.0° North, 100.4° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark

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

Geological group:

Bon-Tsagaan

Formation:

Shar-Tolgoy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	argillaceous,silty marl
Environment:	lacustrine indet.	Tectonic setting:	rift

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:	mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	PIN

Metadata

Database number:	103273
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-01-25 01:07:09	Last modified:	2016-01-08 00:13:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-01-25 01:07:09
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

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]
48305		A. V. Alexeev. 2009. New jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 43:277-281 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39775		V. A. Blagoderov. 2000. New fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 34(suppl 3):S355-S359 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
35388		V. G. Gratshev and A. A. Legalov. 2011. New Mesozoic Ithyceridae beetles (Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 45:77-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84901		Z. Kováčová. 2022. Two new cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Vitisma, Nuurcala) from the Lower Cretaceous sediments of Shar-Tologoy in Mongolia. Biologia 78:1551-1563 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57544		A. A. Legalov. 2015. Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 49:1442-1513 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49502		G. V. Nikolajev. 2002. To possible assignment of a new genus of lamellicorn beetles from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia to the subfamily Pleocominae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Paleontological Journal 36:279-282 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51276		G. V. Nikolajev. 2004. Mezozoyskiy etap v evolyutsii podsemeystva Aclopinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Tethys Entomological Research 10:33-46 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54420		G. V. Nikolajev. 2007. Mezozoyskiy Etap Evolyutsii Plastinchatousykh (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) 1-222 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53304		G. V. Nikolajev. 2009. A new genus and species of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 5:179-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
80988		G. V. Nikolajev. 2010. O sistematicheskom polozhenii novogo roda plastinchatousykh zhukov (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) iz nizhnego Mela Zabaykalya. Tethys Entomological Research 17:67-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38934		A. G. Ponomarenko. 1988. Novye Mezozojskie Nasekomye. In A. Y. Rozanov (ed.), Novye Iskopaemykh Bespozvonochnykh Mongolii, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 33:71-80 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
40613		A. G. Ponomarenko. 1994. New Mesozoic cupedid beetles from Mongolia: Brochocoleini and Notocupedini. Paleontological Journal 28:102-115 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40088		A. G. Ponomarenko. 1997. New beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Mesozoic of Mongoloa. Ommatini, Mesocupedini, Priacmini. Paleontological Journal 31:389-399 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
43645		E. V. Yan. 2012. New beetle species of the genus Lasiosyne (Coleoptera, Lasiosynidae) from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Russia and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 46:589-600 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]