Where: Astrakhan, Russian Federation (48.1° N, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 46.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Atelian beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; unlithified lignite and unlithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: F. G. Bidashko, K. P. Proskurin, and A. G. Shatrovskii. 1995. Paleogeography of the lower Volga at the end of Atelian time based on entomological and botanical data. Paleontological Journal 30:332-336 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125794: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle 4 elytra, 1 complete beetle, 1 head, 2 abdominal sterna
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"Aphodius kraatzi" = Liothorax kraatzi, Aphodius sp., Aphodius (Plagiogonus) sp., Aphodius (Nialus) sp., Aphodius (Acrossus) sp., Aphodius (Agrilinus) sp.
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Hydrophilidae indet., Cercyon marinus, Cercyon tristis, Enochrus sp., Enochrus quadripunctatus, Hydrochara sp., Hydrochara cf. caraboides, Hydrochara flavipes, Berosus signaticollis, Berosus luridus, Berosus spinosus, ? Anacaena sp.
Cercyon marinus Thomson 1853 water scavenger beetle 10 elytra, 2 complete beetles (ID from genitalia)
Cercyon tristis Illiger 1801 water scavenger beetle 19 elytra, 1 pronotum, 6 complete beetles, 1 abdomen (two ID from genitalia)
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Curculionidae indet., Bagous cf. argillaceus, Notaris sp., "Notaris bimaculatus" = Tournotaris bimaculatus, Lixus sp., Lixus cf. paraplecticus
"Notaris bimaculatus" = Tournotaris bimaculatus Fabricius 1787 snout beetle 1 complete beetle, 1 head+pronotum, 13 elytra
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Carabidae indet., Blethisa multipunctata, Elaphrus ex gr. riparius, "Dyschirius cf. luticola" = Dyschiriodes luticola, Dyschirius sp., Patrobus sp., Pogonus (Pogonoidius) punctulatus, Bembidion (Emphanes) sp., Bembidion sp., Bembidion minimum, Carabus clathratus, "Chlaenius ex gr. nigricornis" = Chlaeniellus nigricornis, Pterostichus ex gr. vernalis, Pterostichus (? Argutor) sp., Amara sp., Amara ex gr. aenea
"Chlaenius ex gr. nigricornis" = Chlaeniellus nigricornis Fabricius 1787 ground beetle head+pronotum
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Agabus sp., Ilybius fenestratus, Graphoderus austriacus, Hydroporinae indet., "Coelambus parallelogrammus" = Hygrotus (Leptolambus) parallellogrammus
Hydroporinae indet. Aubé 1836 predaceous diving beetle 6 complete beetles, 11 abdomens, 1 head, 7 metathorax, 6 abdominal sterna
"Coelambus parallelogrammus" = Hygrotus (Leptolambus) parallellogrammus Ahrens 1812 predaceous diving beetle 1 elytron, 1 abdomen, 1 complete beetle
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