Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° 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

Collection methods: Material in private collection of Joachim Scheven

Primary reference: J. Scheven. 1990. Stasis in the fossil record as confirmation of a belief in Biblical creation. In R.E. Walsh, C.L. Brooks (eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Creationism. Volume 1: General Sessions 197-215 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124846: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr

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