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
Collection methods: Specimens in private collection of W. Wichard, Bonn
Primary reference: W. Wichard. 1983. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins II. Fossile Arten der Gattung Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 72:137-145 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124255: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 09.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Alisotrichia arizela n. sp.1, Ochrotrichia aliceae5, Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) sp.1, Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) brodzinskyi n. sp.1, Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) aldama1
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"Helicopsyche scaloida" = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) scaloida6
"Helicopsyche scaloida" = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) scaloida6 Johanson and Wichard 1996 snail-case caddisfly | |
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Chimarra weitschati n. sp. Wichard 1983 finger-net caddisfly | |
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