Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: amber
Reposited in the PIN
Primary reference: M. Meinander. 1975. Fossil Coniopterygidae. Notulae Entomologicae 55:53-57 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122591: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2012, edited by Lindy Edwards and Arram Noshirvan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ascogaster (Syntaphus) latitibialis n. sp.1, Diospilites brevicornis1, Palaeocolastes bruesi n. gen. n. sp.1, Meteorus arasnitsyni n. sp.1
Ascogaster (Syntaphus) latitibialis n. sp.1 Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón 2021 wasp PIN 964/1327 (JDC 8315)
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Marjorietta minor n. gen. n. sp.24, Rasnitsynites tarsalis n. gen. n. sp.24, Lygurella tibialis n. gen. n. sp.24, Scutellator spinatorius n. sp.25, Scutellator macrommatus n. gen. n. sp.25, Plectiscidea vetusta n. sp.25, Ghilarovites tarsatorius n. gen. n. sp.23, Pherhombus antennalis22
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Eoxyloecus albipalpis n. gen. n. sp.2, Eoxyloecus succinicola n. sp.2, Passaloecus electrobius n. sp.2, Passaloecus zherichini n. sp.2
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Eomimesa rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.2
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"Electrodryinus areolatus n. gen. n. sp." = Deinodryinus areolatus43
"Electrodryinus areolatus n. gen. n. sp." = Deinodryinus areolatus43 Ponomareko 1975 wasp PIN 964/60
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Eosega heterotarsata n. gen. n. sp.35
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Chlorepyris hopei n. sp.5, Chlorepyris perrichoti n. sp.5, Chlorepyris meunieri n. sp.5, Chlorepyris engeli n. sp.5, "Holepyris rasnitsyni n. sp." = Rysepyris rasnitsyni5, Cleistepyris baryonyx n. sp.4, Eupsenella rossica n. sp.47, Eupsenella yantarnica n. sp.47, Lytopsenella kerneggeri47, Nothepyris pretiosus n. sp.3, Glenosema electrum n. sp.3, Archaeonoxus scintillatus n. gen. n. sp.3
"Holepyris rasnitsyni n. sp." = Rysepyris rasnitsyni5 Colombo and Azevedo 2021 flat wasp PIN 964/115
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"Tetraponera angustata" = Tetraponera simplex11, Prenolepis henschei32, Nylanderia pygmaea32, Oecophylla brischkei51, Plagiolepis minutissima9, Plagiolepis kuenowi9, Gesomyrmex hoernesi12, Formica gustawi8, Formica zherikhini n. sp.8, Formica phaethusa8, Formica flori7, Dolichoderus passaloma6, Dolichoderus tertiarius6, Dolichoderus brevicornis n. sp.6, Dolichoderus balticus6, Dolichoderus longipilosus n. sp.6, Dolichoderus sculpturatus6, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi10, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus10, Bilobomyrma baltica n. sp.44, Myrmica eocenica n. sp.45, Prionomyrmex gusakovi n. sp.46
Yantaromyrmex geinitzi10 Mayr 1868 ant 32 from all PIN collections undivided, including PIN 964/217a, 230
Prionomyrmex gusakovi n. sp.46 Radchenko and Perkovsky 2020 bulldog ant PIN 964/1319 (Gusakov CVGM 22AFMP2011), 1320 (Gusakov CVGM, 332AFMPI1999)
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Balticalcarus archibaldi n. gen. n. sp.50
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Platystasius gracilis28 Kononova and Simutnik 2013 wasp PIN 964/2104 (said to be Rovno amber from SIZ, but number in PIN style)
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Molanna okraina n. sp.20
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Yantarocentrus gusakovi n. gen. n. sp.21
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Palaeoinfurcitinea rohdendorfi n. gen. n. sp.29
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Tortricites skalskii n. sp.30
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"Hemisemidalis sharovi n. sp." = Parasemidalis sharovi
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Succinispa stainesi n. gen. n. sp.38
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"Palaeometrioxena zherikhini n. gen. n. sp." = Archimetrioxena zherikhini33
"Palaeometrioxena zherikhini n. gen. n. sp." = Archimetrioxena zherikhini33 Legalov 2012 weevil PIN 964/1236
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"Protonaupactus microphthalmus n. gen. n. sp." = Paonaupactus microphthalmus52, Polydrosus (Palaeodrosus) archaetypus n. sp.52
"Protonaupactus microphthalmus n. gen. n. sp." = Paonaupactus microphthalmus52 Zherikhin 1971 snout beetle PIN 964/2
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Eocenorhynchites vossi n. gen. n. sp.33
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"Pseudoglaesotropis martynovi n. gen. n. sp." = Glaesotropis (Pseudoglaesotropis) martynovi33, "Glaesotropis minor n. sp." = Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) minor15, "Glaesotropis weitschati" = Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) weitschati15
"Pseudoglaesotropis martynovi n. gen. n. sp." = Glaesotropis (Pseudoglaesotropis) martynovi33 Legalov 2012 fungus weevil PIN 964/1235
"Glaesotropis minor n. sp." = Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) minor15 Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995 fungus weevil PIN 964/801
"Glaesotropis weitschati" = Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) weitschati15 Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995 fungus weevil PIN 964/800
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Paratractocerus gusakovi n. gen. n. sp.39 Nazarenko and Perkovsky 2020 ship-timber beetle PIN 964/1921 (Gusakov CVGM 1CPCL2016)
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Anaspis (Spanisa) horaki n. sp.41
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"Nalassus klebsi n. sp." = Stenohelops (Stenolassus) klebsi37
"Nalassus klebsi n. sp." = Stenohelops (Stenolassus) klebsi37 Nabozhenko et al. 2016 darkling beetle PIN 964/2026
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Hallodapomimus antennatus n. sp.19, Archeofulvius gulosus17, Metoisops variabilis n. sp.18, Metoisops punctatodiffusus n. sp.18
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Psycheona striata n. sp.14, Psycheona variegata n. gen. n. sp.14, Protomenocria notata14, Paratesum rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.14, Protepiptera kaweckii n. gen. n. sp.14, Protepiptera kaweckii42, Ptychoptilum major n. sp.13
Paratesum rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.14 Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2009 achilid planthopper PIN 964/699
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Bolitophila rohdendorfi n. sp.16
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Arachnida | |
Glaesacarus rhombeus48 Koch and Berendt 1854 oribatid mite PIN 964/1133-1-c, 1-f1, 1134-f1, 1134-f2, 1134-f3, 1140-f1, 1144-2-f1, 1151-f1, 1133-2-m1, 1134-m1, 1143-m1
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