Also known as Alava amber

Where: Álava, Spain (42.6° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Escucha Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: Housed in Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava

Primary reference: W. Krzemiński and A. Arillo. 2007. Alavia neli n.gen. and n. sp. the first Limoniidae (Diptera) from the lower Cretaceous amber of Álava (Spain). Alavesia 1:11-13 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107098: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 01.04.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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