Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Specimens kept in the Natural History Museum of London (British Museum of Natural History); Bob Rontaler (Goldmajor Ltd) supplied some of these specimens
Primary reference: R. H. L. Disney and A. J. Ross. 1996. Abaristophora and Puliciphora (Diptera: Phoridae) from Dominican amber and revisionary notes on modern species. European Journal of Entomology 93:127-135 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123422: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.01.2012, edited by Amy Delelli, Matthew Clapham and Anissa Benabbas
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Proanaxipha madgesuttonae n. sp.8
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Tainosia quisqueyae n. gen. n. sp.15
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Chrysonotomyia dominicana n. sp.7 Gumovsky 2001 chalcid wasp BMNH Pal. PI II 335 (purch. M. McCallum 1993)
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Proplebeia abdita n. sp.6
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Palaehydropsyche fossilis n. gen. n. sp.16
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Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) mexicana n. sp.10
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Abaristophora (Antipodiphora) domicamberae n. sp., Puliciphora rontaleri n. sp.
Abaristophora (Antipodiphora) domicamberae n. sp. Disney 1996 scuttle fly NHML II 214 male & female in same piece of amber
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Bradysia exoleta13, Bradysia dimidiata13, Corynoptera iocosa13, Corynoptera prisca n. sp.13, Cratyna interposita n. sp.13
Corynoptera prisca n. sp.13 Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 dark-winged fungus gnat BMNH Pal. PI II 652-(2), 182, 646, 649
Cratyna interposita n. sp.13 Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 dark-winged fungus gnat BMNH Pal. PI II 370(1)
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"Mayazomus pseudoannulatus n. sp." = Antillostenochrus pseudoannulatus12
"Mayazomus pseudoannulatus n. sp." = Antillostenochrus pseudoannulatus12 Krüger and Dunlop 2010 short-tailed whip-scorpion NHM Pal. PI IA 17
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"Oonops seldeni n. sp." = Stenoonops seldeni14
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