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 | |
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Carabidae indet., Dyschirius sp., "Dyschirius cf. luticola" = Dyschiriodes luticola, Carabus clathratus, Amara sp., Amara ex gr. aenea, "Chlaenius ex gr. nigricornis" = Chlaeniellus nigricornis, Pterostichus (? Argutor) sp., Pterostichus ex gr. vernalis, Elaphrus ex gr. riparius, Blethisa multipunctata, Patrobus sp., Bembidion (Emphanes) sp., Bembidion sp., Bembidion minimum, Pogonus (Pogonoidius) punctulatus
"Chlaenius ex gr. nigricornis" = Chlaeniellus nigricornis Fabricius 1787 ground beetle head+pronotum
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Ilybius fenestratus, Agabus sp., Hydroporinae indet., "Coelambus parallelogrammus" = Hygrotus (Leptolambus) parallellogrammus, Graphoderus austriacus
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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Curculionidae indet., Bagous cf. argillaceus, "Notaris bimaculatus" = Tournotaris bimaculatus, Notaris sp., 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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Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle 4 elytra, 1 complete beetle, 1 head, 2 abdominal sterna
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Hydrophilidae indet., Berosus spinosus, Berosus signaticollis, Berosus luridus, Hydrochara sp., Hydrochara flavipes, Hydrochara cf. caraboides, Cercyon tristis, Cercyon marinus, ? Anacaena sp., Enochrus sp., Enochrus quadripunctatus
Cercyon tristis Illiger 1801 water scavenger beetle 19 elytra, 1 pronotum, 6 complete beetles, 1 abdomen (two ID from genitalia)
Cercyon marinus Thomson 1853 water scavenger beetle 10 elytra, 2 complete beetles (ID from genitalia)
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Aphodius sp., Aphodius (Acrossus) sp., Aphodius (Plagiogonus) sp., Aphodius (Agrilinus) sp., Aphodius (Nialus) sp., "Aphodius kraatzi" = Liothorax kraatzi
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