Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130): Late/Upper Santonian, Russian Federation
collected 1970

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Atriculicoides sp. Remm 1976
Szadziewski 1996 1 specimen
PIN 3130/129
Atriculicoides macrophthalmus n. sp. Remm 1976
Remm 1976 1 specimen
PIN 3130/118 (2 measurements)
Atriculicoides squamiciliatus n. sp. Remm 1976
Remm 1976 1 specimen
synonym of Atriculicoides macrophthalmus
PIN 3130/119 (2 measurements)
Austroconops sibiricus n. sp. Szadziewski 1996
Szadziewski 1996 1 specimen
PIN 3130/136 (1 measurement)
Leptoconops sp. Skuse 1889
Szadziewski 1996 1 specimen
PIN 3130/129
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
? Pseudochironomini indet. Saether 1977
Giłka et al. 2021 1 specimen
PIN 3130/223
Mesoacentron kaluginae n. gen., n. sp. Giłka et al. 2021
Giłka et al. 2021 1 specimen
PIN 3130/224 (2 measurements)
Cretodiamesa taimyrica n. gen., n. sp. Kalugina 1976
Kalugina 1976 3 specimens
PIN 3130/145, 445 (males), 148 (female) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Zarzia zherichini n. gen., n. sp. Zaitzev 1986
Zaitzev 1986 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mythicomyiidae
Procyrtosia sukatshevae n. gen., n. sp. Zaitzev 1986
Zaitzev 1986 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Proplatypygus rohdendorfi n. sp. Zaitzev 1986
Zaitzev 1986 3 specimens
recombined as Borissovia rohdendorfi
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Archichrysotus hennigi n. gen., n. sp. Negrobov 1978
Negrobov 1978 2 specimens
PIN 3130/166
Insecta - Diptera - Hybotidae
Archiplatypalpus cretaceus n. gen., n. sp. Kovalev 1974
Kovalev 1974 2 specimens
PIN 3130/14,15
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae
Maksika dvija n. gen., n. sp. Mostovski 1999
Mostovski 1999 1 specimen
PIN 3130/195
Insecta - Diptera
Thereotricha sibirica n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 4 specimens
PIN 3130/182-185 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Izleiina mirifica n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 1 specimen
PIN 3130/187 (2 measurements)
Nedocosia exsanguis n. gen., n. sp. Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 1 specimen
PIN 3130/193 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Lophioneurida - Lophioneuridae
Jantardachus perfectus n. gen., n. sp. Vishnyakova 1981
Vishnyakova 1981 1 specimen
PIN 3130/167 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Perforissidae
Cixitettix yangi n. gen., n. sp. Shcherbakov 2007
Shcherbakov 2007 1 specimen
PIN 3130/169
Insecta - Hemiptera - Dictyopharidae
Netutela annunciator n. gen., n. sp. Emeljanov 1983
Emeljanov 1983 1 specimen
PIN 3130/168
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tajmyraphididae
Tajmyraphis beckermigdisovae n. sp. Kononova 1975
Kononova 1975 1 specimen
PIN 3130/98
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Palaeoaphis incognita n. sp. Kononova 1976
Kononova 1976 1 specimen
PIN 3130/97
Insecta - Hemiptera - Elektraphididae
Antonaphis brachycera n. gen., n. sp. Kononova 1977
Kononova 1977 2 specimens
PIN 3130/99, 100
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae
Aniferella sibirica n. sp. Kononova 1977
Kononova 1977 1 specimen
PIN 3130/96
Insecta - Hemiptera - Inkaidae
Inka minuta Koteja 1989
Koteja 1989 2 specimens
PIN 3130/175, 176 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Trichophya sp. Mannerheim 1830
Jenkins Shaw et al. 2024 1 specimen
PIN 3130/198
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae
Aphytocerus communis Zherikhin 1977
Arnoldi et al. 1977 3 specimens
PIN 3130/28, 29, 35
Insecta - Coleoptera - Latridiidae
Succinimontia infleta n. gen., n. sp. Zherikhin 1977
Arnoldi et al. 1977 1 specimen
PIN 3130/31
Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Glaesoconis cretica Meinander 1975
Meinander 1975 1 specimen
PIN 3130/36
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Baeomorphidae
Baeomorpha quattoruno Gumovsky 2017
Gumovsky et al. 2017 1 specimen
PIN 3130/39
Baeomorpha gracilis Gumovsky 2017
Gumovsky et al. 2017 1 specimen
PIN 3130/203
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chrysididae
Protamisega khatanga n. gen., n. sp. Evans 1973
1 specimen
PIN 3130/19 (2 measurements)
Hypocleptes rasnitsyni Evans 1973
2 specimens
PIN 3130/20,22
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Cretodryinus zherichini n. gen., n. sp. Ponomarenko 1975
Rasnitsyn 1975 1 specimen
PIN 3130/112 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Cretabythus sibiricus n. gen., n. sp. Evans 1973
1 specimen
PIN 3130/17 (2 measurements)
Archaepyris minutus Evans 1973
1 specimen
PIN 3130/21
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Falsiformicidae
Taimyrisphex pristinus n. gen., n. sp. Evans 1973
1 specimen
PIN 3130/16 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Cretomyrma arnoldii n. gen., n. sp. Dlussky 1975
Rasnitsyn 1975 1 specimen
PIN 3130/113 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pemphredonidae
Pittoecus pauper n. gen., n. sp. Evans 1973
1 specimen
PIN 3130/18 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Psocodea
Psocomorpha informal indet. 1 Roesler 1944
Vishnyakova 1975 1 specimen
PIN 3130/26
Cretapsocus capillatus n. gen., n. sp. Vishnyakova 1975
Vishnyakova 1975 1 specimen
PIN 3130/25 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattulidae
Blattulidae indet. Vishnyakova 1982
Vršanský 2019 1 specimen
PIN 3130/51 ("Ocelloblattula, Huablattula, or related predatory genus")
Insecta - Blattodea - Liberiblattinidae
Liberiblattinidae indet. Vršanský 2002
Vršanský 2019 6 specimens
PIN 3130/49, 50a, 50b, 53, 55, 198
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Perlucipecta sp. Wei and Ren 2013
Vršanský 2019 1 specimen
PIN 3130/197
Insecta - Mantodea
Mantodea indet. Burmeister 1838
Vršanský 2019 2 specimens
PIN 3130/52, 196
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Baetidae
Palaeocloeon taimyricum Kluge 1997
Kluge 1997 2 specimens
Or PIN collection 3311
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Siphlonuridae
Cretoneta zherichini n. gen., n. sp. Tshernova 1971
Tshernova 1971 7 specimens
PIN 3130/4, 5-10, 12 (only 4 and 9 listed by Kluge, 1993) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Australiphemeridae
Palaeoanthus orthostylus Kluge 1993
Kluge 1993 1 specimen
PIN 3130/13
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/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 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, J. Karr, L. Edwards, 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]
40455 E. L. Kononova. 1975. A new aphid family from the Upper Cretaceous of the Taymyr. Entomological Review 54(4):60-68 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45206 E. L. Kononova. 1976. Extinct aphid families (Homoptera, Aphidinea) of the Late Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 10(3):352-360 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
40457 E. L. Kononova. 1977. New species of aphids (Homoptera: Aphidinea) from the Upper Cretaceous deposits of Taimyr. Entomological Review 56(3):72-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51539 J. Koteja. 1989. Inka minuta gen. et sp. n. (Homoptera, Coccinea) from Upper Cretaceous Taymyrian amber. Annales Zoologici 43:77-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40431 V. G. Kovalev. 1974. A new genus of the family Empididae (Diptera) and its phylogenetic relationships. Paleontological Journal 8:196-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8920ETE M. Meinander. 1975. Fossil Coniopterygidae. Notulae Entomologicae 55:53-57 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
45211 M. B. Mostovski. 1999. Curious Phoridae (Insecta, Diptera) found mainly in Cretaceous ambers. Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava 14(2):231-242 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
40258 O. P. Negrobov. 1978. Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia. Paleontological Journal 12(2):221-228 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards]
41992 K. Y. Remm. 1976. Late Cretaceous biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from fossil resins of the Khatanga Depression. Paleontological Journal 10(3):344-351 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
46911 D. E. Shcherbakov. 2007. An extraordinary new family of Cretaceous planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Russian Entomological Journal 16(2):139-154 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
50251 R. Szadziewski. 1996. Biting midges from Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon and Upper Cretaceous Siberian amber of Taimyr (Dipera, Ceratopogonidae). Studia Dipterologica 3:23-86 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49134 O. A. Tshernova. 1971. A mayfly (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae) from fossil resin of Cretaceous deposits in the polar regions of Siberia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 50:612-618 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40367 V. N. Vishnyakova. 1975. Psocoptera in Late Cretaceous insect-bearing resins from the Taimyr. Entomological Review 54:63-75 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41285 V. N. Vishnyakova. 1981. Novye Paleozojskie i Mezozojskie lofionevridy (Thripida, Lophioneuridae). Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 183:43-63 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
82533 P. Vršanský. 2019. Santonian cockroaches from Yantardakh amber (Russia: Taimyr) differ in dominance. Palaeoentomology 2:297-307 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51611 V. F. Zaitzev. 1986. Novye vidy iskopaemykh melovykh mukh-zhuzhzhal i obzor paleontologicheskikh dannykh po sem. Bombyliidae (Diptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 65:815-825 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]