Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Reposited in the SMNS
Primary reference: R. Kinzelbach. 1979. Das erste neotropische Fossil der Fächerflügler (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Insecta, Strepsiptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 52:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122474: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.12.2011, edited by Jered Karr, Amy Delelli and Annabelle Louderback
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Heydenius dominicus n. sp.39
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Malacostraca | |
Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius n. sp.53
Protosphaeroniscus tertiarius n. sp.53 Schmalfuss 1980 isopod SMNS Do-1494-K-1, Do-1503K-1, Do-1433-K(x2); Do-2989-E, Do-3239-M, Do-3352-M, Do-457-K in Schmalfuss 1984
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Pseudarmadillo cristatus n. sp.54 Schmalfuss 1984 isopod SMNS Do-2403-K-1, Do-3381-M-1, Do-4612-B(x6), Do-579-K, Do-457-K(x2)
Pseudarmadillo tuberculatus n. sp.54 Schmalfuss 1984 isopod SMNS Do-4157-M-1, Do-4156-M-1, Do-3349-M
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Philosciidae indet.54 Kinahan 1857 isopod SMNS Do-3348-M, Do-3315-M, Do-3382-M, Do-3331-M, Do-700-K, Do-1910-B, Do-3868-M,Do-496-K, Do-389-K, Do-430-K
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Arachnolithulus longipes n. sp.67
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? Coryssocnemis velteni n. sp.67
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Tetragnatha pristina n. sp.49
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Selenops beynai n. sp.51
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Komisumena rosae n. gen. n. sp.33
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"Tarantula resinae n. sp." = Phrynus resinae43
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Cryptocheiridium antiquum n. sp.48
Cryptocheiridium antiquum n. sp.48 Schawaller 1981 pseudoscorpion SMNS Do-553-K-2, 553-K-1, 553-K-3, 570-K-1
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"Tityus ambarensis n. sp." = Microtityus ambarensis50, "Centruroides beynai n. sp." = Centruroides nitidus44
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Insecta | |
Ischnura velteni n. sp.10
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Borinquena maculata n. sp.57, ? Borinquena caeciliana n. sp.57, Hagenulites hitchingsi n. gen. n. sp.57
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Harpactosphecion sucinum30, Dryinus alamellatus n. sp.32, Dryinus rasnitsyni n. sp.31, Thaumatodryinus miocenicus30
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Anochetus ambiguus n. sp.12, Anochetus corayi n. sp.1, Anochetus dubius n. sp.12, Anochetus conisquamis n. sp.12, Anochetus brevidentatus12, Anochetus exstinctus n. sp.12, Anochetus lucidus n. sp.12, Odontomachus spinifer n. sp.12, Leptomyrmex neotropicus n. sp.3, Pheidole sp.6, Pheidole primigenia n. sp.6, Cephalotes serratus16, Cephalotes hispaniolicus n. sp.16, Cephalotes alveolatus16, Cephalotes obscurus16, Cephalotes caribicus n. sp.16, Cephalotes integerrimus16, Cephalotes squamosus16, Cephalotes dieteri n. sp.16, "Trachymyrmex primaevus n. sp." = Mycetomoellerius primaevus4, Strumigenys electrina n. sp.7, Strumigenys schleeorum n. sp.7, Aphaenogaster amphioceanica n. sp.13, Paraponera dieteri n. sp.5, Proceratium dominicanum n. sp.8, Gnamptogenys levinates n. sp.2, Gnamptogenys pristina n. sp.2, Acanthostichus hispaniolicus n. sp.14, Cylindromyrmex antillanus n. sp.15
Leptomyrmex neotropicus n. sp.3 Baroni Urbani 1980 ant SMNS Do-996 (9 workers); in Baroni-Urbani & Wilson: Do-4931-M (4 workers), Do-4484-M (4 workers)
"Trachymyrmex primaevus n. sp." = Mycetomoellerius primaevus4 Baroni Urbani 1980 ant SMNS Do-377-K-1-9 (numbers 7-9 donated to NHMB as PE154/1-3)
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Palaeorionis longicaudis n. gen. n. sp.11
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Triclistus levii n. sp.61
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Protelencholax schleei n. gen. n. sp.
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"Micromalthus anansi n. sp." = Micromalthus debilis36
"Micromalthus anansi n. sp." = Micromalthus debilis36 LeConte 1878 telephone pole beetle SMNS Do-623-K
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Neosorius "sp. 1"24, Neosorius "sp. 2"24, Osoriellus sp.24, Nacaeus dominicanensis n. sp.24, Liberiana sp.24, Thoracophorus palaeobrevicristatus n. sp.24, Lispinomimus atavus n. gen. n. sp.24, Paraphloeostiba dominicana n. sp.25
Thoracophorus palaeobrevicristatus n. sp.24 Irmler 2003 rove beetle SMNS Do-189-K, Do-4177-M, Do-2405-K
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"Hesiodobates antiquus n. gen. n. sp." = Nesocyrtosoma antiquum28
"Hesiodobates antiquus n. gen. n. sp." = Nesocyrtosoma antiquum28 Kaszab and Schwaller 1984 darkling beetle SMNS Do-3240-M-1
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Quasipirhidius luzziae9 Batelka et al. 2011 wedge shaped beetle SMNS Do-5733, 5735, 5737, 5738 (3 specimens), 5739 (Jan Batelka amber collection)
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"Mitosoma rhinoceroide n. sp." = Cenocephalus rhinoceroide47
"Mitosoma rhinoceroide n. sp." = Cenocephalus rhinoceroide47 Schawaller 1981 ambrosia beetle SMNS Do-119-K-1, 2, 3, 4; Do-718-K-1
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Cernotina pulchra n. sp.66
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Chimarra palaedominicana n. sp.64, Chimarra (Chimarrita) palaenova n. sp.66, "Chimarra succini n. sp." = Chimarra (Chimarrita) succini63, Chimarra resinae n. sp.64, Chimarra dommeli n. sp.64
Chimarra (Chimarrita) palaenova n. sp.66 Wichard 2007 finger-net caddisfly SMNS Do-5713, 4121-M, 5718
"Chimarra succini n. sp." = Chimarra (Chimarrita) succini63 Wichard 1983 finger-net caddisfly SMNS Do-3386-M-1
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"Ochrotrichia doehleri n. sp." = Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) doehleri62
"Ochrotrichia doehleri n. sp." = Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) doehleri62 Wichard 1981 microcaddisfly SMNS Do-5703
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Cubanoptila longiscapa n. sp.66
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Phylloicus velteni n. sp.66
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"Helicopsyche electra n. sp." = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) electra26, "Helicopsyche voigti n. sp." = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) voigti26, "Helicopsyche scaloida" = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) scaloida26
"Helicopsyche electra n. sp." = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) electra26 Johanson and Wichard 1996 snail-case caddisfly SMNS Do-5698 (formerly Wichard DB 12)
"Helicopsyche voigti n. sp." = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) voigti26 Johanson and Wichard 1996 snail-case caddisfly SMNS Do-5699 (formerly Wichard DB 13)
"Helicopsyche scaloida" = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) scaloida26 Johanson and Wichard 1996 snail-case caddisfly SMNS Do-5720 (formerly Wichard DB 11)
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Atopsyche perlucida n. sp.66
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Eospilopsyllus kobberti n. gen. n. sp.38
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Carventus bechlyi n. sp.22
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Phymacysta stysi n. sp.17
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Psallops popovi n. sp.23
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Malacopus wygodzinskyi n. sp.40, Alumeda antilliana n. sp.41, Alumeda nigricans n. gen. n. sp.41, Alumeda dominicana n. sp.41
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Riegerochterus baehri n. gen. n. sp.42
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"Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia) schleei n. sp." = Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) schleei34
"Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia) schleei n. sp." = Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) schleei34 Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006 sand fly SMNS Do-5514-M (8 male, 37 female, 8 indet)
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Ablabesmyia electrohispaniolana n. sp.19
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Pachygaster hymenaea n. sp.21
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Heteromyia dominicana n. sp.59
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