Agdzhakend amber, Tsimkhadzor site (PIN collection 3517) (Cretaceous of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.4° N, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 43.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1977. New Hymenoptera from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of Asia. Paleontological Journal 11(3):349-357 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/L. Edwards]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123531: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Lindy Edwards on 25.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Katyacantharis zherikhini n. gen. n. sp. Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019 soldier beetle
PIN 3517/18
 Hymenoptera - Megalyridae
Cretodinapsis caucasica n. gen. n. sp.
Cretodinapsis caucasica n. gen. n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1977 wasp
PIN 3517/6