Manlay, outcrop I/16 (PIN collection 3568) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (44.1° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 106.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mogotuin Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Correlative with Bon Tsagaan based on pollen and plants

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Type E lake of Sinitshenkova & Zherikhin. Thick lacustrine sequences (up to several hundreds of meters), lateral distribution up to few dozens of kilometers; mostly rich in carbonates; coalless, organic matter content from low to high (bituminous paper-shales); fossils mostly in siltstones, sandstones, and bituminous shales. Depth a few to a few dozens of meters.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1975, 1976; reposited in the PIN

• Mostly collected in 1976.

Primary reference: Y. A. Popov. 1980. Nastoyashchie poluzhestkokrylye nizhnemelovykh otlozheniy Manlaya. Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13:48-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151591: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeidae indet. Schilling 1829 milkweed bug
PIN 3568/1918, 1919, 1921
 Trichoptera -
Folindusia manlaica3 Sukatsheva 1980 caddisfly
PIN 3568/513(500)
 Coleoptera - Trachypachidae
Karadromeus gobiensis n. sp.2 Ponomarenko 1980 false ground beetle
PIN 3568/1894
 Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Coptoclavella elegans2 Ponomarenko 1980 beetle
PIN 3568/1899, 1908,1920
Coptoclavella minor n. sp.2 Ponomarenko 1980 beetle
PIN 3568/1904, 1895, 1900, 1907
 Coleoptera -
Polyphaga indet.2 Emery 1886 beetle
PIN 3568/1897
 Coleoptera - Hydraenidae
Ochtebiites manlaicus n. sp.2 Ponomarenko 1980 minute moss beetle
PIN 3568/1903
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Megalymma gigantea n. gen. n. sp.4, Megalymma rohdendorfi n. sp.4
Megalymma gigantea n. gen. n. sp.4 Tikhomirova 1980 rove beetle
PIN 3568/1914
Megalymma rohdendorfi n. sp.4 Tikhomirova 1980 rove beetle
PIN 3568/1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917
 Diptera - Chaoboridae
Chironomaptera gregaria1 Grabau 1923 phantom midge
PIN 3568/936, 937, 938 (probably more, these are only figured)