Botchi (PIN collection 2054): Late/Upper Miocene, Russian Federation
collected by A. P. Rasnitsyn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
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Heteroptera indet.
Latreille 1810
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Homoptera indet.
Leach 1815
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattaria
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Blattaria indet.
(Latreille 1810)
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Pamphiliidae
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Pamphiliidae indet.
(Cameron 1890)
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Tapholyda ? caplani
(Cockerell 1933)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PIN 2054/227 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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Bombus vetustus n. sp.
Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIN 2054/229 collected by AP Rasnitsyn (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Vespidae
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Eumenidae indet.
Leach 1815
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Eumeninae | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Trichoptera
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Trichoptera indet.
Kirby 1815
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 178 specimens | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Chrysopidae
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Nothochrysinae indet.
Navas 1910
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Makarkin 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PIN 2054/8 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Coleoptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
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Diptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rasnitsyn and Michener 1991 | 35 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Khabarovsk |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 139.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° North, 138.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Botchi |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified diatomite | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - small | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: "The deposits accumulated in a lake that existed in an active volcanic area." Rasnitsyn & Michener, 1991 | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PIN |
| Collectors: | A. P. Rasnitsyn |
| Taxonomic list comments:"The fossil-bearing locality was described by Akhmetjev (1973). It yielded various plants (Akhmetjev 1973), fishes (undescribed), Crustacea (undescribed ), and insects." Rasnitsyn & Michener, 1991 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 117672 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-09-25 12:24:34 | Last modified: | 2014-08-08 23:21:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-25 12:24:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9212. | ETE | A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1983. Fossil Hymenoptera of the Superfamily Pamphilioidea. Paleontological Journal 17(2):56-70 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/J. Karr] |
Secondary references:
| 51154 | V. N. Makarkin. 1998. New Tertiary Neuroptera (Insecta) from the Russian far east. Tertiary Research 18:77-83 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 38556 | A. P. Rasnitsyn and C. D. Michener. 1991. Miocene fossil bumble bee from the Soviet Far East with comments on the chronology and distribution of fossil bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84(6):583-589 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |