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Mogotuin, Mongolia

Formation	Mogotuin
Age:	125 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Barremian
Tectonic Setting	Rift
Lithology	mudstone, "siliciclastic"
Number of Collections	13
Number of Occurrences	42

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Ulaan Tologoi	Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia	Mogotuin
Manlai	Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia	Mogotuin
Manlay	Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia	Mogotuin
Manlay	Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia	Mogotuin
25 km ENE of Manlay	Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia	Mogotuin

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Mogotuin Suite	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	mudstone/sandstone	8

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Angiospermae phylum	2	Plantae : Angiospermae	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hexapoda superclass	2.7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Entognatha : Hexapoda	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Phyllopoda subclass	3.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda : Phyllopoda	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Adephaga suborder	4.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Adephaga	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Polyphaga suborder	4.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Polyphaga	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cordorabus vittatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Carabidae : Cordorabus : *Cordorabus vittatus*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Coptoclavella elegans species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Coptoclavidae : Coptoclavella : *Coptoclavella elegans*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Coptoclavella minor species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Coptoclavidae : Coptoclavella : *Coptoclavella minor*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ochtebiites manlaicus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Hydraenidae : Ochtebiites : *Ochtebiites manlaicus*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Megalymma gigantea species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Megalymma : *Megalymma gigantea*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Megalymma rohdendorfi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Staphylinidae : Megalymma : *Megalymma rohdendorfi*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Karadromeus gobiensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Trachypachidae : Karadromeus : *Karadromeus gobiensis*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Chironomaptera gregaria species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chaoboridae : Chironomaptera : *Chironomaptera gregaria*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Chironomaptera vesca species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chaoboridae : Chironomaptera : *Chironomaptera vesca*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Manlayamyia litorina species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Chironomidae : Manlayamyia : *Manlayamyia litorina*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Membracoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Membracoidea	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lygaeidae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Lygaeidae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pentatomidae family	5	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Pentatomidae	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mesolygaeus laiyangensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Lygaeidae : Mesolygaeus : *Mesolygaeus laiyangensis*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ulanocoris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Saldidae : *Ulanocoris*	129.4 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ulanocoris femoralis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Saldidae : Ulanocoris : *Ulanocoris femoralis*	129.4 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ulanocoris grandis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Saldidae : Ulanocoris : *Ulanocoris grandis*	129.4 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Manlaya mongolica species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Aulacidae : Manlaya : *Manlaya mongolica*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Folindusia manlaica species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Folindusia : *Folindusia manlaica*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Terrindusia fluvialis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Terrindusia : *Terrindusia fluvialis*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Terrindusia laxa species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Trichoptera : Terrindusia : *Terrindusia laxa*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Aves class	3	Animalia : Chordata : Aves	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Osteichthyes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tracheophyta phylum	2	Plantae : Tracheophyta	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Rasnitsyn A. P. (1980) K sisteme semeystva Aulacidae (Hymenoptera) v svyazi s novoy nakhodkoy v nizhnem Melu Manlya, Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13, 65-67

Popov Y. A. (1980) Nastoyashchie poluzhestkokrylye nizhnemelovykh otlozheniy Manlaya, Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13, 48-51

Ponomarenko A. G. (1980) Novye vidy zhukov mestonakhozhdeniya Manlay, Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13, 52-56

Tikhomirova A. L. (1980) Rannemelovye zhuki-stafilinidy iz mestonakhozhdeniya Manlaya, Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13, 57-58

Sukatsheva I. D. (1980) Domiki rucheynikov iz mestonakhozhdeniya Manlay, Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13, 59-60

Kalugina N. S. (1980) Komary Chaoboridae and Chironomidae iz nizhnemelovykh otlozheniy Manlaya, Rannemelovoe Ozero Manlay, Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 13, 61-64

Watabe M., Tsogtbaatar K., et al (2004) Report on the Japan-Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 2001, Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 2, 69-96

Ryzhkova O. V. (2012) New saldoid bugs of the family Enicocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 46, 485-494

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