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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Archaeomarasmius leggetti n. gen. n. sp.10
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Insecta | |
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Glaesoconis nearctica n. sp.6
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Phloeocharis agerata n. sp.5
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Culicoides bifidus n. sp.3, Palaeobrachypogon sp.4, Atriculicoides globosus3, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus n. sp.3, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) curvachelus n. sp.3
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus n. sp.3 Borkent 1996 biting midge AMNH NJ-42 (5 specimens), 41A (2 specimens), 41B
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Jersambromyia borodini n. gen. n. sp.9
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Neoturonius asymmetrus n. gen. n. sp.9
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