Where: Tanzania (6.9° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 39.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Most East African copal is very young (primarily Holocene), not 4-6 million years old as stated by Wunderlich.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institute der Universität Hamburg (purchased from company "Geological Enterprises")

Primary reference: J. Wunderlich. 1981. Fossile Zwergsechsaugenspinnen (Oonopidae) der Gattung Orchestina Simon, 1882 in Bernstein mit Anmerkungen zur Sexual-biologie (Arachnida: Araneae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:83-113 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113755: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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