Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
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
Preservation: amber
Reposited in the MCZ
• Some specimens originally in the Haren collection
Primary reference: C. T. Parsons. 1939. A ptiliid beetle from Baltic amber in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche 46:62-64 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124205: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.02.2012, edited by Arram Noshirvan, Amy Delelli and Annabelle Louderback
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ephalmator fossilis n. gen. n. sp.24
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"Adulatrix parva" = Sosybius parva24
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Caduceator quadrimaculatus n. sp.24, Eostaianus succini n. gen. n. sp.24, Zachria desiderabilis n. sp.24
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Acrometa cristata24, "Eogonatium succini" = Acrometa succini24, "Elucus infelix n. sp." = Anandrus infelix24, "Elucus inermis" = Anandrus inermis24
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Eustaloides setosus24, Eustaloides succini24, Eustaloides calceatus n. sp.24, Eustaloides minor n. sp.24
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"Linyphia oblonga" = Custodela oblonga24
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"Eodipoena oculata" = Eomysmena oculata24, "Flegia longimana" = Episinus longimanus24, "Nactodipoena infulata" = Lasaeola infulata24
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"Paruroctea blauvelti" = Mizalia blauvelti24
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"Harpactes extinctus n. sp." = Harpactea extincta24
"Harpactes extinctus n. sp." = Harpactea extincta24 Petrunkevitch 1950 woodlouse hunter spider MCZ 8241
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"Orchestina furca" = Orchestina (Baltorchestina) furca29 Wunderlich 1981 goblin spider MCZ 7610(4676), 1484b
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"Archaea hyperoptica" = Eoarchaea hyperoptica24
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Spheginascia biappendiculata18, Protorhingia carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.18, "Myiolepta woteni n. sp." = Myolepta woteni18, Palaeosphegina fumosa n. sp.18, Palaeosphegina baccha n. sp.18, Pseudosphegina carpenteri n. sp.19
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Succinasteia carpenteri n. gen. n. sp.17
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Acartophthalmites willii n. sp.23
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"Protoplatyphora tertiaria n. gen. n. sp." = Aenigmatias tertiarius4, "Protophorites fimbriatus n. gen. n. sp." = Aenigmatias tertiarius4, Hypoceridites dubitatus n. gen. n. sp.4, "Megaselia veterana n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) veterana4, "Megaselia uncifera n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) uncifera4, "Chaetocnemistoptera electra n. sp." = Hypocera electra4, Aneurina oligocoenica n. sp.4, Diploneura simplicior n. sp.4, Triphleba praeterita n. sp.4, "Paraspiniphora schmitzi n. sp." = Spiniphora schmitzi4, "Paraspiniphora parvipalpata n. sp." = Spiniphora parvipalpata4, "Paraspiniphora transita" = Spiniphora transita4, "Diploneura meunieri n. sp." = Godavaria meunieri4, Electrophora persetosa n. gen. n. sp.4
"Protoplatyphora tertiaria n. gen. n. sp." = Aenigmatias tertiarius4 Brues 1939 scuttle fly MCZ 8123-8129
"Protophorites fimbriatus n. gen. n. sp." = Aenigmatias tertiarius4 Brues 1939 scuttle fly MCZ 8121, 8122
Triphleba praeterita n. sp.4 Brues 1939 scuttle fly MCZ 8116-8118, three other probably, one doubtfully
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"Cantacader avitus n. sp." = Paleocader avitus11
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"Iridomyrmex goepperti" = Ctenobethylus goepperti28, "Ctenobethylus succinalis n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenobethylus goepperti3, Dolichoderus tertiarius28, Dolichoderus sculpturatus28, "Iridomyrmex constrictus" = Yantaromyrmex constrictus28, "Iridomyrmex geinitzi" = Yantaromyrmex geinitzi28, "Pseudolasius boreus n. sp." = Sussudio boreus28, Prenolepis henschei28, Lasius schiefferdeckeri28, "Prenolepis pygmaea" = Nylanderia pygmaea28, "Gesomyrmex hoernesi" = Gesomyrmex hoernesi28, "Dimorphomyrmex theryi" = Gesomyrmex hoernesi28, Formica flori28, Protaneuretus succineus n. sp.28, Paraneuretus tornquisti n. sp.28
"Iridomyrmex goepperti" = Ctenobethylus goepperti28 Mayr 1868 ant 67, 104, 134, 291, 337, 859, 488, 980, 983, 1841 etc.
"Iridomyrmex geinitzi" = Yantaromyrmex geinitzi28 Mayr 1868 ant 265, 1438, 1665, 1692, 1650, 2433, etc
Lasius schiefferdeckeri28 Mayr 1868 ant 7, 441, 926, 927, 781, 1841, 1650, 1570, 1978, 2427, 2425, etc.; MCZ:ENT:PALE-43618 (ant host) in Belokobylskij et al. 2021
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"Blacus gracilicornis n. sp." = Eubazus (Calyptus) gracilicornis3, Eubazus (Calyptus) crassicornis27, Triaspis anomala n. sp.3, Blacus (Ganychorus) sp.27, Elasmosomites sp.2, Meteorites inopinata n. gen. n. sp.3, Anacanthobracon femorator n. gen. n. sp.3, Microtypus grandis n. sp.3
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"Ceratoteleia proleptica n. sp." = Calliscelio prolepticus5, Sembilanocera clavata5, "Ceratobaeoides acuminatus n. sp." = Ceratobaeus acuminatus5, Pseudobaeus fecundulus5, Aneurobaeus collaris n. sp.5, "Hoploteleia doddii n. sp." = Baryconus doddii5
"Ceratoteleia proleptica n. sp." = Calliscelio prolepticus5 Brues 1940 wasp MCZ 8162, 8163, numerous others
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Electroteleia stigmatica n. gen. n. sp.5 Brues 1940 wasp MCZ 8149-8159; 5493, 5494 in Johnson et al. 2008
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"Cryptoserphus succinalis n. sp." = Oxyserphus obsolescens6, "Cryptoserphus tertiarius n. sp." = Oxyserphus obsolescens6, "Cryptoserphus hamiferus n. sp." = Oxyserphus hamiferus6, "Cryptoserphus pinorum n. sp." = Fustiserphus pinorum6
"Cryptoserphus succinalis n. sp." = Oxyserphus obsolescens6 Brues 1940 wasp MCZ 8274, two "probably"
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Bittacus succinus n. sp.8, Hylobittacus antiquus20, "Bittacus minimus n. sp." = Hylobittacus minimus8, "Bittacus fossilis n. sp." = Hylobittacus fossilis8
Hylobittacus antiquus20 Pictet and Hagen 1856 hangingfly MCZ 5210 (old 5118), formerly B. fossilis in Carpenter, 1954
"Bittacus minimus n. sp." = Hylobittacus minimus8 Carpenter 1954 hangingfly MCZ 5113, 5114, 5115, 5116
"Bittacus fossilis n. sp." = Hylobittacus fossilis8 Carpenter 1954 hangingfly MCZ 5209 (old 5117), 5111; MCZ 4898 in Krzeminski, 2007
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Strotocera marshalli n. sp.22
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Malthodes (Malthodes) maximiliani n. sp.16, Cantharis (Cantharis) raeorum n. sp.15, Cantharis (Cantharis) crisantha n. sp.15, Arturmiles pankowskiarum n. gen. n. sp.14
Malthodes (Malthodes) maximiliani n. sp.16 Fanti and Pankowski 2024 soldier beetle MCZ:Ent:PALE-45868
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Ptinella oligocoenica n. sp.
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"Raphidia baltica n. sp." = Succinoraphidia baltica9
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Fibla erigena9, Fibla (Fibla) carpenteri n. sp.13, "Inocellia peculiaris n. sp." = Electrinocellia peculiaris9
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Neadelphus protae n. gen. n. sp.21
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