Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
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, microfossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Repository: University of Göttingen (Geowissenschaftlisches Zentrum der Georg-August-Universität)
Primary reference: I. Kania, W. Krzemiński, and A. Gil. 2011. Revision of the genus Palaeopoecilostola Meunier, 1899 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene). Polish Journal of Entomology 80:747-764 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123420: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2012, edited by Arram Noshirvan and Amy Delelli
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protorthezia aurea n. gen. n. sp.19
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Tetraponera simplex8, Yantaromyrmex samlandicus10, Plagiolepis wheeleri n. sp.9, Plagiolepis minutissima9, Ponera mayri8, Ponera lobulifera n. sp.8, "Bradoponera meyeri" = Bradoponera meieri8
Ponera mayri8 Dlussky 2009 ant GZG.BST.04679 (K5238), 04680 (K5252) formerly P. atavia in Wheeler, 1915
Ponera lobulifera n. sp.8 Dlussky 2009 ant GZG.BST.03872 (G2940), 04678 (K7530, formerly P. atavia in Wheeler, 1915)
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"Electrapis tornquisti" = Electrapis (Mesomelissa) tornquisti11
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Quasicalathus agonicollis31 Schmidt and Will 2022 ground beetle GZG BST 16188 (formerly Klebs K2192)
Quasicalathus elpis31 Ortuño and Arillo 2009 ground beetle GZG BST 16185 (G633.G636, probably formerly Konigsberg collection)
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Sympherobius completus n. sp.25 Makarkin and Wedmann 2009 brown lacewing GZG.BST.5245 (formerly Konigsberg N21 5245 5871)
Prolachlanius resinatus24 Hagen 1856 brown lacewing GZG.BST.05240-5858, 05241-5868, 05242-5870, 05238-5914 (from Konigsberg collection but not Hagen's specimens)
Proneuronema minor n. gen. n. sp.26 Makarkin et al. 2016 brown lacewing GZG.BST.05246 (formerly Konigsberg N19/5864)
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Hypolestini "indet. specimen 12"3 Tillyard and Fraser 1938 damselfly GZG.BST.05504 (old III B 167; Konigsberg Pr. V. 7)
Hypolestini "indet. specimen 15"3 Tillyard and Fraser 1938 damselfly GZG.BST.05505 (old G 4.562; Konigsberg Pr.)
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Cronicus anomalus7 Pictet 1854 mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
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? Rhithrogena sp.7 Eaton 1881 stream mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
Heptagenia ligata n. sp.7 Demoulin 1968 stream mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
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Ephemeridae indet.7 Latreille 1810 burrowing mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
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Siphloplecton sp.7 Clemens 1915 mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
Siphloplecton spp.35 Clemens 1915 mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
Metretopus trinervis n. sp.7 Demoulin 1968 mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
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Balticophlebia hennigi n. gen. n. sp.7
Balticophlebia hennigi n. gen. n. sp.7 Demoulin 1968 mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
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Brevitibia intricans n. gen. n. sp.7
Brevitibia intricans n. gen. n. sp.7 Demoulin 1968 mayfly From Stantien & Becker collection, at SMNS in 1960s but now back at Gottingen
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Dixa minuta n. sp.28
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Palaeopoecilostola longicornis Meunier 1906 crane fly K1832 (Identified as Limnophila robusta by Meunier)
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Tokyobrillia succinea n. sp.39
Tokyobrillia succinea n. sp.39 Seredszus and Wichard 2009 non biting midge GZG.BST.05739 (formerly K2881)
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Heterotricha grandis6 Meunier 1904 fungus gnat K1144, 1 male labeled "Palaeoheterotricha (teste Hennig)", 1 labeled "Palaeoheterotricha grandis (teste Hennig)"
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Succinatherix avita n. sp.36 Stuckenberg 1974 water snipe fly Formerly Konigsberg unnumbered, Konigsberg BI 6777
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"Amictites regiomontana n. gen. n. sp." = Amictites regiomontanus12
"Amictites regiomontana n. gen. n. sp." = Amictites regiomontanus12 Hennig 1966 bee fly formerly Konigsberg
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Eonephila sp.44 Wunderlich 2004 orb-weaving spider B17167 (listed as Hamburg, but number implies Gottingen)
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Baltsuccinus similis n. sp.46
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Spatiator caulis n. sp.52 Wunderlich 2008 spider GZUG BST 06174 (old B16126); Spatiator sp. in Wunderlich 2004 and S. praeceps in Wunderlich, 2006
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