Bezonnais (Ecommoy) amber (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (47.8° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collected by W.G. Kuhne, L. Kubig, T. Schluter in 1971

• Repository: Institut für Paläontologie, Freien Universität, Berlin (Ceratopogonids later at Museum of the Earth, Warsaw)

Primary reference: T. Schlüter. 1978. Zur Systematik und Palökologie harzkonservierter Arthropoda einer Taphozönose aus dem Cenomanium von NW-Frankreich. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 9:1-150 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123019: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Araneae -
Araneae indet.
Araneae indet. Clerck 1757 spider
Ar Ce Bez 1, 2
 Acari -
Acari indet.
Acari indet. Leach 1817 mite
Ac Ce Bez 1, 2
 Opiliones -
Opiliones indet.
Opiliones indet. Sundevall 1833 harvestman
Pha Ce Bez 1
Insecta
 Diptera -
Nematocera indet.
Nematocera indet. Latreille 1825 fly
Nem Ce Bez 1
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Limoniidae indet.
Limoniidae indet. Speiser 1909 crane fly
Li Ce Bez 1
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Austroconops borkenti n. sp.3, Leptoconops sp.3
Austroconops borkenti n. sp.3 Szadziewski and Schlüter 1992 biting midge
Cer Ce Bez 1
Leptoconops sp.3 Skuse 1889 biting midge
Cer Ce Bez 2
 Diptera - Keroplatidae
Schlueterimyia cenomanica n. gen. n. sp.1
Schlueterimyia cenomanica n. gen. n. sp.1 Matile 1981 predatory fungus gnat
Fu Ce Bez 1 ("Fungivoridae indet. in Schluter 1978)
 Diptera -
Ecommocydromia difficilis n. gen. n. sp.
Ecommocydromia difficilis n. gen. n. sp. Schlüter 1978 fly
Emp Ce Bez 1
 Hemiptera -
? Nepomorpha indet.
? Nepomorpha indet. Popov 1971 true bug
He Ce Bez 1 ("Hydrocorisae")
 Dicondylia -
"? Psocoptera indet." = Psocodea
"? Psocoptera indet." = Psocodea Hennig 1966 booklice
Pso Ce Bez 1
 Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
? Mesoblattininae indet.
? Mesoblattininae indet. Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
Bla Ce Bez 1
 Blattodea -
Isoptera indet., ? Lutetiatermes sp.2, "Lutetiatermes prisca n. gen. n. sp." = Lutetiatermes priscus2
Isoptera indet. termite
Is Ce Bez 4-7
? Lutetiatermes sp.2 Schlüter 1989 termite
Is Ce Bez 3
"Lutetiatermes prisca n. gen. n. sp." = Lutetiatermes priscus2 Schlüter 1989 termite
Is Ce Bez 1a,b (Mastotermitidae or Kalotermitidae in Schluter 1978)
 Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
aff. Mastotermes sarthensis n. sp.2
aff. Mastotermes sarthensis n. sp.2 Schlüter 1989 termite
Is Ce Bez 2
 Dicondylia -
Hymenoptera indet.
Hymenoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 winged insect
Hy Ce Bez 1, 2, 3
 Hymenoptera - Ismaridae
"Ismarinae indet." = Ismaridae
"Ismarinae indet." = Ismaridae Thomson 1858 wasp
Di Ce Bez 1
 Hymenoptera - Neuroscelionidae
Cenomanoscelio pulcher n. gen. n. sp.
Cenomanoscelio pulcher n. gen. n. sp. Schlüter 1978 wasp
Sce Ce Bez 1
 Hymenoptera - Scelionidae
"Scelionidae indet." = Scelioninae
"Scelionidae indet." = Scelioninae Thomson 1858 wasp
Sce Ce Bez 2, 3, 4
 Hymenoptera - Gallorommatidae
Galloromma bezonnaisensis n. gen. n. sp.
Galloromma bezonnaisensis n. gen. n. sp. Schlüter 1978 wasp
My Ce Bez 1
 Hymenoptera - Falsiformicidae
? Falsiformicidae indet.
? Falsiformicidae indet. Rasnitsyn 1975 wasp
Fa Ce Bez 1
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
? Formicidae indet.2
? Formicidae indet.2 Latreille 1802 ant
For Ce Bez 1
 Hymenoptera - Ampulicidae
Gallosphex cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.
Gallosphex cretaceus n. gen. n. sp. Schlüter 1978 cockroach wasp
Sphe Ce Bez 1
 Hymenoptera - Sphecidae
Sphecidae indet.
Sphecidae indet. Latreille 1802 digger wasp
Sphe Ce Bez 2, 3
 Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae
Retinoberotha stuermeri n. gen. n. sp.
Retinoberotha stuermeri n. gen. n. sp. Schlüter 1978 thorny lacewing
Rha Ce Bez 1
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Staphylininae indet., Stenus (Tesnus) inexpectatus n. sp.
Staphylininae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle
Sta Ce Bez 1
Stenus (Tesnus) inexpectatus n. sp. Schlüter 1978 rove beetle
Ste Ce Bez 1
 Coleoptera - Cupedidae
? Cupedidae indet.2
? Cupedidae indet.2 Laporte 1836 reticulated beetle
Cup Ce Bez 1
1Matile 1981; 2Schlüter 1989; 3Szadziewski and Schlüter 1992