Kudia River: Burdigalian, Russian Federation
collected by T. D. A. Cockerell

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Solanales - Convolvulaceae
Porana sichotaalinensis
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus corylina (Lesquereux 1882)
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847
Glyptostrobus europaeus (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia amagua n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69606 (1 measurement)
Plecia obsitula n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69611 (1 measurement)
Plecia kudiella n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69607 (1 measurement)
Plecia redempta n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69609 (1 measurement)
Plecia kuznetzovi n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69610 (1 measurement)
Plecia refracta n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69608 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatomites sibiricus n. sp. Cockerell 1926
Cockerell 1926 1 specimen
BMNH
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
Aphrophora protocalla n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69603 (1 measurement)
? Philagra kudiana n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69602 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Cercopis amaguensis n. sp. Cockerell 1927
Cockerell 1927 1 specimen
BMNH (1 measurement)
Megacercopis optima n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69604 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
Lavrushinia elegantula n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69605 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Mundopoides cisthenaria n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69613 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Tryxalis kudiana n. sp. Cockerell 1927
Johanson et al. 1982 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Acrydiana
BMNH In 26942 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Megachile amaguensis n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69601 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Limnephilidae
Limnephilus kudiensis n. sp. Cockerell 1926
Cockerell 1926 1 specimen
BMNH (1 measurement)
Limnephilus recultus n. sp. Cockerell 1925
2 specimens
USNM 69596 (1 measurement)
Indusia comminuta n. sp. Cockerell 1925
USNM 69599; abundant
Indusia sequoiae n. sp. Cockerell 1925
USNM 69595
Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae
Phryganea lavrushini n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69593 (A.I. Lavrushin, 1923) (1 measurement)
Amagupsyche perlata n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69594 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Cleonus shareipoffi n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
recombined as Curculionites shareipoffi
USNM 69598 (1 measurement)
Anthonomus amaguensis n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69612 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Throscidae
? Throscus peritulus n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69600 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Buprestites kudiensis n. sp. Cockerell 1926
Cockerell 1926 1 specimen
recombined as Buprestis kudiensis
BMNH (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Melolonthites interemtus n. sp. Cockerell 1926
Cockerell 1926 1 specimen
BMNH (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
? Patrobus kudiensis n. sp. Cockerell 1925
1 specimen
USNM 69597 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 137.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 135.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: diatomite
Lithology description: Cockerell says that lithology is very similar to Florissant except breaks more irregularly
Environment:lacustrine - small Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:T. D. A. Cockerell
Metadata
Database number:113705
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, A. Delelli, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-04 09:43:53 Last modified:2015-12-15 19:02:01
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-04 09:43:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42176. T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Tertiary insects from Kudia River, Maritime Province, Siberia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 68(5):1-16 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

5011ETE 723T. D. A. Cockerell. 1926. Some Tertiary fossil insects. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 18:313-324 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
50681 T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. Fossil insects in the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 20:585-594 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5681ETE 1437D. C. Johanson, M. Taieb, and Y. Coppens. 1982. Pliocene hominids from the Hadar Formation, Ethiopia (1973-1977): stratigraphic, chronologic, and paleoenvironmental contexts, with notes on hominid morphology and systematics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 57:373-402 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]
36944 F. E. Zeuner. 1943. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part IV Acrididae incertae sedis and Addendum to Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 11:359-383 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]