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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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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Insecta | |
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Bolitophila rohdendorfi n. sp.16
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Ptychoptilum major n. sp.13, Protomenocria notata14, Protepiptera kaweckii n. gen. n. sp.14, Protepiptera kaweckii42, Paratesum rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.14, Psycheona variegata n. gen. n. sp.14, Psycheona striata n. sp.14
Paratesum rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.14 Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2009 achilid planthopper PIN 964/699
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Metoisops punctatodiffusus n. sp.18, Metoisops variabilis n. sp.18, Hallodapomimus antennatus n. sp.19, Archeofulvius gulosus17
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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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Palaeocolastes bruesi n. gen. n. sp.1, Ascogaster (Syntaphus) latitibialis n. sp.1, Meteorus arasnitsyni n. sp.1, Diospilites brevicornis1
Ascogaster (Syntaphus) latitibialis n. sp.1 Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón 2021 wasp PIN 964/1327 (JDC 8315)
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Ghilarovites tarsatorius n. gen. n. sp.23, Pherhombus antennalis22, Marjorietta minor n. gen. n. sp.24, Rasnitsynites tarsalis n. gen. n. sp.24, Lygurella tibialis n. gen. n. sp.24, Plectiscidea vetusta n. sp.25, Scutellator spinatorius n. sp.25, Scutellator macrommatus n. gen. n. sp.25
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Eosega heterotarsata n. gen. n. sp.35
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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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Glenosema electrum n. sp.3, Archaeonoxus scintillatus n. gen. n. sp.3, Nothepyris pretiosus n. sp.3, Chlorepyris perrichoti n. sp.5, Chlorepyris engeli n. sp.5, Chlorepyris meunieri n. sp.5, Chlorepyris hopei n. sp.5, "Holepyris rasnitsyni n. sp." = Rysepyris rasnitsyni5, Cleistepyris baryonyx n. sp.4, Eupsenella yantarnica n. sp.47, Eupsenella rossica n. sp.47, Lytopsenella kerneggeri47
"Holepyris rasnitsyni n. sp." = Rysepyris rasnitsyni5 Colombo and Azevedo 2021 flat wasp PIN 964/115
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"Tetraponera angustata" = Tetraponera simplex11, Nylanderia pygmaea32, Prenolepis henschei32, Formica zherikhini n. sp.8, Formica gustawi8, Formica phaethusa8, Formica flori7, Plagiolepis kuenowi9, Plagiolepis minutissima9, Oecophylla brischkei51, Gesomyrmex hoernesi12, Yantaromyrmex geinitzi10, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus10, Dolichoderus tertiarius6, Dolichoderus balticus6, Dolichoderus sculpturatus6, Dolichoderus passaloma6, Dolichoderus longipilosus n. sp.6, Dolichoderus brevicornis n. sp.6, Prionomyrmex gusakovi n. sp.46, Bilobomyrma baltica n. sp.44, Myrmica eocenica n. sp.45
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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Eomimesa rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.2
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Passaloecus zherichini n. sp.2, Passaloecus electrobius n. sp.2, Eoxyloecus albipalpis n. gen. n. sp.2, Eoxyloecus succinicola n. sp.2
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"Hemisemidalis sharovi n. sp." = Parasemidalis sharovi
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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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Anaspis (Spanisa) horaki n. sp.41
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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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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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Polydrosus (Palaeodrosus) archaetypus n. sp.52, "Protonaupactus microphthalmus n. gen. n. sp." = Paonaupactus microphthalmus52
"Protonaupactus microphthalmus n. gen. n. sp." = Paonaupactus microphthalmus52 Zherikhin 1971 snout beetle PIN 964/2
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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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Succinispa stainesi n. gen. n. sp.38
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Yantarocentrus gusakovi n. gen. n. sp.21
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Molanna okraina n. sp.20
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Palaeoinfurcitinea rohdendorfi n. gen. n. sp.29
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Tortricites skalskii n. sp.30
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