Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-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.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Primary reference: M. S. Engel. 1996. New augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Dominican amber, with a brief review of fossil Halictidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69:334-345 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124231: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Arram Noshirvan on 08.02.2012, edited by Amy Delelli and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Symphylurinopsis punctatus n. gen. n. sp.15 Sánchez-García et al. 2023 two-pronged bristletails M-2232
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Insecta | |
Ophrynopus peritus n. sp.6
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"Megachile (Chalcidomopsis) glaesaria n. sp." = Thaumatosoma (Chalicodomopsis) glaesaria3
"Megachile (Chalcidomopsis) glaesaria n. sp." = Thaumatosoma (Chalicodomopsis) glaesaria3 Engel 1999 mason bee (M-27 18)
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Nesagapostemon moronei n. gen. n. sp.7, "Oligochlora (Soliapis) rozeni n. sp." = Oligochlora rozeni5, Oligochlora micheneri n. sp., Oligochlora eickworti n. gen. n. sp., Augochlora (Electraugochlora) leptoloba n. sp.5
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Euglossa moronei n. sp.4
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Anoblepsis konokeraia n. gen. n. sp.8
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"Sialis (Protosialis) casca n. sp." = Ilyobius cascus10
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Dicromantispa moronei n. sp.10
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Ululodes "sp. 1"10, Ululodes "sp. 2"10, Ululodes paleonesia n. sp.10, Porrerus dominicanus n. sp.14, Porrerus ? dominicanus10
Porrerus dominicanus n. sp.14 Poinar and Stange 1996 antlion MACT-1220 (formerly Work collection); 1170, 1414, 3496 in Engel & Grimaldi 2007
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Brachypsectra moronei n. sp.1
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Dolichoxenus newtoni n. gen. n. sp.9
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Agaricomycetes | |
Protomycena electra n. gen. n. sp.13
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