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)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Museo del Ambar Dominicano, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Primary reference: D. G. Manley and G. O. Poinar. 1991. A new species of fossil Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Dominican amber. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 67(3):200-205 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125506: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 12.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Misionella didicostae n. sp.
Misionella didicostae n. sp. Penney 2005 crevice weaver | |
Insecta | |
Dasymutilla dominica n. sp.
Dasymutilla dominica n. sp. Manley and Poinar 1991 velvet ant |