Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° 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)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: D. Grimaldi. 1989. The genus Metopina (Diptera: Phoridae) from Cretaceous and Tertiary ambers. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97(1):65-72 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124928: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 29.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Dolichorhinotermes apopnus n. sp.3
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Empicoris electricus n. sp.5
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Dryinus palaeomexicanus n. sp.4
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Dicromantispa electromexicana n. sp.2
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Myriapoda | |
Scolopocryptops simojovelensis n. sp.1
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