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
Collected by Kunow; reposited in the MfN
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Deposited in the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin. Some specimens at University of Göttingen.
Primary reference: G. L. Mayr. 1868. Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 1:1-102 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123962: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Arram Noshirvan on 03.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cheilotrichia (Empeda) pawlowskii11, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) sinuata6, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) irinae8, Thaumastoptera electra7, Trichoneura (Trichoneura) ritzkowskii16, Trichoneura (Trichoneura) gracilistylus9, Pseudolimnophila (Baltilimnophila) elegantissima15
Trichoneura (Trichoneura) gracilistylus9 Alexander 1931 crane fly Kunow 250 (syninclusion with E. irinae)
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Ceratopogoninae indet.22, Ceratopogonini indet.22, Serromyia sp.22, Brachypogon (Isohelea) prominulus22, Ceratopogon sp.22, Ceratopogon forcipiformis22, Eohelea sinuosa22, Stilobezzia "sp. A"22, Stilobezzia "sp. B"22, Fossihelea gracilitarsis22, "Monohelea clunipes" = Monogedania clunipes22, Nannohelea sp.22, Culicoides sp.22, Forcipomyia spp.22, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) piriformis22, Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) sp.22
"Monohelea clunipes" = Monogedania clunipes22 Loew 1850 biting midge MBI 172, 176, 180, 183, 184, 201
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Empheria reticulata n. gen. n. sp.18 Hagen 1856 bark louse Kunow 100 (Hagen's type according to Enderlein, 1911)
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"Sphaeropsocus kuenowii n. gen. n. sp." = Sphaeropsocus kuenowii4, "Atropos succinica n. sp." = Sphaeropsocus kuenowii4
"Sphaeropsocus kuenowii n. gen. n. sp." = Sphaeropsocus kuenowii4 Hagen 1882 book louse Kunow 101, 102, 110, 111, nymph 107 (110-111 listed by Enderlein 1911 instead of 103-104)
"Atropos succinica n. sp." = Sphaeropsocus kuenowii4 Hagen 1882 book louse Kunow 105, 106, 114 (specimen 114 listed by Hagen, 1883)
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Liposcelis atavus n. sp.2
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Amphientomum paradoxum5 Pictet 1854 tropical barklouse Kunow 81-87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 162 (specimens in Enderlein, 1911)
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Elipsocus abnormis5 Hagen 1856 damp barklouse Kunow 76, 77, 79, 80, 112, 161 (specimens in Enderlein, 1911)
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"Caecilius pilosus n. sp." = Ptenolasia pilosa5, "Caecilius proavus" = Valenzuela proavus5, "Caecilius debilis" = Valenzuela debilis5, "Caecilius prometheus" = Valenzuela prometheus2
"Caecilius pilosus n. sp." = Ptenolasia pilosa5 Hagen 1882 lizard barklouse Kunow 45, 59 (64 not listed and 48 is C. prometheus fide Enderlein, 1911)
"Caecilius proavus" = Valenzuela proavus5 Hagen 1856 lizard barklouse Kunow 46, 50, 52, 53, 55, 58, 60, 61, 144, 152-155 (specimens in Enderlein, 1911)
"Caecilius debilis" = Valenzuela debilis5 Pictet and Hagen 1856 lizard barklouse Kunow 57, 62, 63, 65, 67--73, 157-160 (specimens in Enderlein, 1911)
"Caecilius prometheus" = Valenzuela prometheus2 Enderlein 1911 lizard barklouse Kunow 34, 48, 49, 51, 145-151
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Archipsocus puber n. gen. n. sp.4
Archipsocus puber n. gen. n. sp.4 Hagen 1882 ancient barklouse Kunow 97, 98, 109 (109 listed instead of 99 by Enderlein, 1911)
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"Psocus picteti" = Psocidus picteti2, "Psocus affinis" = Psocidus multiplex4, "Psocus trigonoscenea" = Trichadenotecnum trigonosceneum2
"Psocus affinis" = Psocidus multiplex4 Roesler 1943 common bark louse 36 mentioned by Hagen (Enderlein 1911 lists 41 specimens)
"Psocus trigonoscenea" = Trichadenotecnum trigonosceneum2 Enderlein 1911 common bark louse Kunow 15, 34, 125
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"Epipsocus ciliatus" = Epipsocus avus5
"Epipsocus ciliatus" = Epipsocus avus5 Roesler 1943 elliptical bark louse Kunow 38-42, 140, 142, 143 (specimens in Enderlein, 1911)
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"Pietrzeniukia kunowi n. gen. n. sp." = Kolibacium (Kolibacium) balticum24
"Pietrzeniukia kunowi n. gen. n. sp." = Kolibacium (Kolibacium) balticum24 Winkler 1987 net-winged beetle MB J.519
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Phyllobaenus thingol n. sp.10, Mitrandiria sauron n. gen. n. sp.10, Bilbotillus glum n. gen. n. sp.10, Cymatodera jetotak n. sp.10
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"Dasytidae indet." = Dasytinae17
"Dasytidae indet." = Dasytinae17 Laporte 1840 soft-winged flower beetle Künow No. 559, Künow No. 531, Künow No. 548
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Xamerpus sp.17, "Aploceble kunowi n. sp." = Aploceble (Aploceble) kunowi17, "Aploceble cf. berendti" = Aploceble (Aploceble) berendti17, "Aploceble fuscipes n. sp." = Aploceble (Aploceble) fuscipes17, Aplocnemus cf. tarsalis17
"Aploceble kunowi n. sp." = Aploceble (Aploceble) kunowi17 Majer 1998 beetle Künow No. 534, Künow No. 535
"Aploceble cf. berendti" = Aploceble (Aploceble) berendti17 Majer 1998 beetle Künow No. 532, Künow No. 540, Künow No. 541, Künow No. 542, Künow No. 543
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"Rhipidius primordialis" = Ripidius primordialis20
"Rhipidius primordialis" = Ripidius primordialis20 Stein 1877 wedge shaped beetle sent by Herr Künow (not specified if later deposited in Berlin)
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Electroadicella kuenowi n. sp.23
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"Macromischa rugosostriata" = Eocenomyrma rugosostriata, "Hypoclinea tertiaria" = Dolichoderus tertiarius, Formica flori
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