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)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Amber Fossil Collection, University of Kansas Natural History Museum KU-NHM-ENT

Primary reference: E. E. Saupe, P. A. Selden, and D. Penney. 2010. First fossil Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Araneae: Araneidae), from middle Miocene Dominican amber, with a phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical analysis of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158:711-725 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124927: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 29.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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