Baltic Amber (University of Kansas SEMC Collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Deposited in the Fossil Insect Collection, Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum (SEMC)

Primary reference: M. S. Engel. 2008. Two New Termites in Baltic Amber (Isoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81(3):194-203 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124370: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Arram Noshirvan on 13.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham and Amy Delelli

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Idanotermes desioculus n. gen. n. sp.
Idanotermes desioculus n. gen. n. sp. Engel 2008 termite
B-175
 Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Heterotermes eocenicus n. sp. Engel 2008 termite
B-163
 Psocodea - Liposcelididae
Embidopsocus pankowskiorum n. sp.4 Engel 2016 booklouse
SEMC F000384
 Psocodea - Sphaeropsocidae
Sphaeropsocus kuenowii7 Hagen 1882 book louse
 Hymenoptera - Megalyridae
Megalyra baltica8 Poinar and Shaw 2007 wasp
KU-NHM-ENT B-137
Prodinapsis minor8 Brues 1933 wasp
KU-NHM-ENT B-111
Prodinapsis janzeni n. sp.8 Perrichot 2009 wasp
KU-NHM-ENT B-128, B-126, B-133
"Rubes bruesi n. gen. n. sp." = Prodinapsis bruesi8 Perrichot 2009 wasp
KU-NHM-ENT B-129, B-118, B-120, B-125, B-135
Prodinapsis succinalis8 Brues 1923 wasp
 Hymenoptera - Mymaridae
Borneomymar pankowskiorum n. sp.6 Engel et al. 2013 fairyfly
SEMC F001019
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Amelikertotes clypeata5 Engel 2001 bee
B-147
Succinapis micheneri5 Engel 2001 bee
B-015, B-017, B-018
 Hymenoptera - Stephanidae
"Electrostephanus janzeni n. gen. n. sp." = Aphanostephanus janzeni2
"Electrostephanus janzeni n. gen. n. sp." = Aphanostephanus janzeni2 Engel 2005 crown wasp
KU-NHM-ENT B-158
 Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Sambia succinica n. gen. n. sp.9
Sambia succinica n. gen. n. sp.9 Vilhelmsen and Engel 2012 wood wasp
KU-NHM-ENT B-145
 Megaloptera - Sialidae
"Sialis (Protosialis) voigti n. sp." = Sialis voigti10
"Sialis (Protosialis) voigti n. sp." = Sialis voigti10 Wichard and Engel 2006 alderfly
KU-NHM-ENT, B-003
 Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Geroconiocompsa ostara n. gen. n. sp.3 Engel 2010 dustywing
KU B-159
Archiconiocompsa prisca3 Enderlein 1910 dustywing
KU B-161
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Diochus electrus n. sp.1 Chatzimanolis and Engel 2011 rove beetle
B-244