Baltic Amber (MHNN Neuchatel collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Primary reference: S. Podenas. 2001. Trichoceridae (Diptera) from Baltic amber (Eocene) in the collection of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 124:131-147 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124517: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2012, edited by Arram Noshirvan

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Ptychoptera (Ptychoptera) eocenica14 Podenas 2007 phantom crane fly
MHNN 1880
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Dolichopeza (Oropeza) dzindra n. sp.6 Podenas 2003 crane fly
MHNN 1724
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Dactylolabis (Idiolabis) christelae5 Krzemiński 2000 crane fly
MHNN 1705, MHNN 1707, MHNN 1820
Dactylolabis (Eobothrophorus) altata n. sp.5 Podenas 2003 crane fly
MHNN 1709
Dactylolabis (Eobothrophorus) alna n. sp.5 Podenas 2003 crane fly
MHNN 1711, MHNN 1710, MHNN 1828
Dactylolabis (Aurolabis) labis n. sp.5 Podenas 2003 crane fly
MHNN 1704
Dactylolabis (Eolabis) ambustus n. sp.11 Podenas 2005 crane fly
MHNN 1784
Dactylolabis (Eolabis) vetusta5 Alexander 1931 crane fly
MHNN 1703, MHNN 1706, MHNN 1829
Dactylolabis (Eolabis) vyshniauskasi n. sp.11 Podenas 2005 crane fly
MHNN 1804
Dicranoptycha osata n. sp.9 Podenas 2004 crane fly
MHNN 1777
Rhipidia zyza n. sp.7 Podenas 2003 crane fly
MHNN 1786
Helius mutus4 Podenas 2002 crane fly
MHNN 1701
Trentepohlia (Paramongoma) gagri n. sp.10 Podenas 2005 crane fly
MHNN 1875
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) dampfiana10 Alexander 1931 crane fly
MHNN 1876
Eloeophila moba n. sp.8 Podenas 2003 crane fly
MHNN 1180
Rhabdomastix pulcherrima12 Meunier 1906 crane fly
MNHN 1071, MHNN 1072, MHNN 1114, MHNN 1768, MHNN 1770, MHNN 1814, MHNN 1862, MHNN 1863, MHNN 1864, MHNN 1865, MHNN 1866, MHNN 1867, MHNN 1868, MHNN 1869, MHNN 1870, MHNN 1871, MHNN 1872, MHNN 1873
Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) elegantula12 Meunier 1906 crane fly
MHNN 1754, MHNN 1802, MHNN 1803
Rhabdomastix brevis12 Alexander 1931 crane fly
MHNN 1143, MHNN 1877, MHNN 1878, MHNN 1879
Rhabdomastix setix n. sp.12 Podenas 2006 crane fly
MHNN 1874
Rhabdomastix borussica12 Meunier 1906 crane fly
MHNN 1124, MHNN 1804, MHNN 1830, MHNN 1831, MHNN 1832, MHNN 1833, MHNN 1834, MHNN 1835, MHNN 1836, MHNN 1837, MHNN 1838, MHNN 1839, MHNN 1840, MHNN 1841, MHNN 1842, MHNN 1843, MHNN 1844, MHNN 1845, MHNN 1846, MHNN 1847, MHNN 1848, MHNN 1849, MHNN 1850, MHNN 1851, MHNN 1852, MHNN 1853, MHNN 1854, MHNN 1855, MHNN 1856, MHNN 1857, MHNN 1858, MHNN 1859, MHNN 1860, MHNN 1876
Ormosia (Oreophila) divulgata3 Podenas 1999 crane fly
MHNN 1054
Ormosia (Oreophila) abava3 Podenas 1999 crane fly
MHNN 1049
Ormosia (Oreophila) skwarrae3 Alexander 1931 crane fly
MHNN 1044(x2), 1045, 1046
Ormosia (Oreophila) beurleni3 Alexander 1931 crane fly
MHNN 1047, 1048
Ormosia (Oreophila) divina3 Podenas 1999 crane fly
MHNN 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053
Ormosia (Oreophila) illibata3 Podenas 1999 crane fly
MHNN 1055
Idiocera adocera13 Podenas 2006 crane fly
MHNN 1730, MHNN 1824
 Diptera - Trichoceridae
"Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) ebenos n. sp." = Trichocera ebenos, Trichocera christelae2, "Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) diluta n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) diluta, "Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) cerea n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) cerea, "Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) anbar n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) anbar, "Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) bona n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) bona, Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) antiqua
"Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) ebenos n. sp." = Trichocera ebenos Podenas 2001 winter crane fly
MHNN 1135, 1144; 1165, 1182 (anbar in Podenas 2001 fide Krzeminska et al. 2009)
Trichocera christelae2 Krzemińska et al. 2009 winter crane fly
MHNN 1172 (diluta in Podenas 2001), 1178 (cerea in Podenas 2001)
"Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) diluta n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) diluta Podenas 2001 winter crane fly
MHNN 1174, 1134, 1177, 1179
"Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) cerea n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) cerea Podenas 2001 winter crane fly
MHNN 1185
"Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) anbar n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) anbar Podenas 2001 winter crane fly
MHNN 1176, 1137; 1173 (antiqua in Podenas 2001 fide Krzeminska et al. 2009), not 1127
"Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) bona n. sp." = Trichocera (Trichocera) bona Podenas 2001 winter crane fly
MHNN 1175
Trichocera (Oligotrichocera) antiqua Dahl 1971 winter crane fly
MHNN 1183; 1127 (anbar in Podenas 2001 fide Krzeminska et al. 2009), not 1173
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Penthetria montanaregis n. sp.15 Skartveit 2009 march fly
MHNN 972
Dilophus sp.15 Meigen 1803 march fly
MHNN 711
Dilophus succineus n. sp.15 Skartveit 2009 march fly
MHNN 1433, 932
Dilophus crassicornis n. sp.15 Skartveit 2009 march fly
MHNN 907, 1412
Bibiodes nanus n. sp.15 Skartveit 2009 march fly
MHNN 973
Plecia "sp. 1"15 Wiedemann 1823 love bug
MHNN 1435
Plecia "sp. 2"15 Wiedemann 1823 love bug
MHNN 1411
Plecia "sp. 3"15 Wiedemann 1823 love bug
MHNN 922
Plecia brunniptera15 Skartveit 2009 love bug
MHNN 1428
Plecia prisca15 Meunier 1899 love bug
MHNN 933
Plecia clavifemur15 Skartveit 2009 love bug
MHNN 974
 Diptera - Mythicomyiidae
Mythenteles baltica n. sp.1 Evenhuis 2002 fly
MHNN 1708 (formerly N.L. Evenhuis BE-001)