UCMP B-7048, Vega de la Campana, Simojovel region (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• The amber occurs in the Balumtun sandstone, Mazantic shale and La Quinta formations ranging from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Oligocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: E. L. Mockford. 1969. Fossil insects of the Order Psocoptera from Tertiary amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1267-1273 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124474: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2012, edited by Camila Martinez

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Collembola
 Entomobryomorpha - Paronellidae
? Paronella sp.1
? Paronella sp.1 Schott 1893 springtail
UCMP 13519
 Entomobryomorpha - Entomobryidae
Entomobrya sp.1, Lepidocyrtus sp.1, Lepidocyrtus cf. geayi1
Entomobrya sp.1 Rondani 1861 springtail
UCMP 13511
Lepidocyrtus sp.1 Bourlet 1839 springtail
UCMP 13515
Lepidocyrtus cf. geayi1 Denis 1924 springtail
UCMP 13516
Insecta
 Diptera - Scatopsidae
"Procolobostema incisa n. sp." = Procolobostema incisum2
"Procolobostema incisa n. sp." = Procolobostema incisum2 Cook 1971 minute black scavenger fly
UCMP 13099
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Trichomyia sp.8
Trichomyia sp.8 Haliday 1839 moth fly
UCMP 10382, 10383 (B-7048-38, 39)
 Diptera - Keroplatidae
"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae3
"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae3 Rondani 1856 predatory fungus gnat
B-7048-49, 50 ("Platyura or Orfelia")
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Exechiini indet.3
Exechiini indet.3 Enderlein 1936 fungus gnat
B-7048-51
 Diptera - Phoridae
Metopina sp.4
Metopina sp.4 Macquart 1835 scuttle fly
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Brachypogon (Isohelea) sp.9, Forcipomyia sp.9
Brachypogon (Isohelea) sp.9 Kieffer 1917 biting midge
B-7048-47
Forcipomyia sp.9 Meigen 1818 biting midge
B-7048-48
 Psocodea -
Psocomorpha indet.
Psocomorpha indet. Roesler 1944 bark louse
UCMP 13557
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Palaminus sp.7
Palaminus sp.7 Erichson 1839 rove beetle
UCMP 13104
Vetus
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Vetus robustus n. sp.5
Vetus robustus n. sp.5 Poinar 1977
UCMP 14509, 14510, 14511
Socratea
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Socratea brownii6
Socratea brownii6 Poinar 2002
Flower Sd-9-165 (Mexican amber)
1Christiansen 1971; 2Cook 1971; 3Gagné 1980; 4Grimaldi 1989; 5Poinar 1977; 6Poinar 2002; 7Seevers 1971; 8Solórzano Kraemer 2007; 9Szadziewski and Grogan 1996