PBDB Collection

Sunrise landing, East Brunswick (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as New Jersey amber

Where: New Jersey (40.4° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 40.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raritan Formation (Potomac Group), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collected by Paul Borodin, James Leggett, Gerard Case; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: R. Szadziewski and A. Arillo. 2003. The oldest fossil record of the extant subgenus Leptoconops (Leptoconops) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):271-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123016: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Agaricomycetes
Agaricales - Tricholomataceae	Archaeomarasmius leggetti n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Archaeomarasmius leggetti n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Hibbett et al. 1997 gilled mushroom AMNH NJ-90Y,Z
Insecta
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	Baikuris casei n. sp.⁸, Sphecomyrma freyi⁸ Baikuris casei n. sp.⁸ Grimaldi et al. 1997 ant AMNH NJ-90aa,bb Sphecomyrma freyi⁸ Wilson and Brown 1967 ant AMNH NJ-112 (deposited in MCZ as neotype)
Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae	Glaesoconis nearctica n. sp.⁶ Glaesoconis nearctica n. sp.⁶ Grimaldi 2000 dustywing AMNH NJ-67
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae	Phloeocharis agerata n. sp.⁵ Phloeocharis agerata n. sp.⁵ Chatzimanolis et al. 2013 rove beetle AMNH NJ-88
Mantodea - Ambermantidae	Ambermantis wozniaki⁷ Ambermantis wozniaki⁷ Grimaldi 2003 mantis AMNH NJ-90cc
Diptera - Ceratopogonidae	Culicoides bifidus n. sp.³, Palaeobrachypogon sp.⁴, Atriculicoides globosus³, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus n. sp.³, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) curvachelus n. sp.³ Culicoides bifidus n. sp.³ Borkent 1996 biting midge AMNH NJ-93 Palaeobrachypogon sp.⁴ Borkent 1995 biting midge AMNH NJ-343 Atriculicoides globosus³ Boesel 1937 biting midge AMNH NJ-90C Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus n. sp.³ Borkent 1996 biting midge AMNH NJ-42 (5 specimens), 41A (2 specimens), 41B Leptoconops (Leptoconops) curvachelus n. sp.³ Borkent 1996 biting midge AMNH NJ-45
Diptera - Rhagionidae	Jersambromyia borodini n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Jersambromyia borodini n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 snipe fly AMNH NJ-90O, P
Diptera - Atelestidae	Neoturonius asymmetrus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Neoturonius asymmetrus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 fly AMNH NJ-90N
Diptera - Psychodidae	Xenosycorax engeli n. gen. n. sp.², Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Xenosycorax engeli n. gen. n. sp.² Azar and Salamé 2015 moth fly AMNH NJ-63 Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Azar et al. 2015 moth fly AMNH NJ-141

¹Azar et al. 2015; ²Azar and Salamé 2015; ³Borkent 1996; ⁴Borkent 2000; ⁵Chatzimanolis et al. 2013; ⁶Grimaldi 2000; ⁷Grimaldi 2003; ⁸Grimaldi et al. 1997; ⁹Grimaldi and Cumming 1999; ¹⁰Hibbett et al. 1997