Wealden amber, Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight (IWCMS collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• Amber occurs in Wessex Formation, in lignitic marls between the Chilton Chine Sandstone and the Brightstone Sandstone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, original carbon, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Isle of Wight Geology, Sandown (IWCMS)

Primary reference: P. A. Selden. 2002. First British Mesozoic spider, from Cretaceous amber of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Palaeontology 45:973-983 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125138: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 05.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Dungeyella gavini n. gen. n. sp.
Dungeyella gavini n. gen. n. sp. Jarzembowski et al. 2008 non biting midge
IWCMS 1994.99
Arachnida
 Araneae -
Cretamygale chasei n. gen. n. sp.
Cretamygale chasei n. gen. n. sp. Selden 2002 spider
IWCMS 1994.101