Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
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, microfossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Material in the private collection of Judge Dr. Fristch (Goldap i. Pr.). Fritsch material now in two museums in Kaliningrad, including the KMA—Kaliningrad Museum of Amber and MWO—Museum of the World Ocean.
Primary reference: E. Wasmann. 1929. Die Paussiden des baltischen Bernsteins und die Stammesgeschichte der Paussiden. Bernstein-Forschungen 1:1-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127170: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.04.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Scutoribates perornatus8 Sellnick 1919 oribatid mite KMA 197-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Frisch 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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Erioptera (Erioptera) perspicillata1, "Ormosia beurleni" = Ormosia (Oreophila) beurleni1, "Erioptera (Empeda) minuta" = Cheilotrichia (Empeda) minuta1, Thaumastoptera electra n. sp.1, "Trichoneura vulgaris" = Trichoneura (Trichoneura) vulgaris1, "Elephantomyia longirostris" = Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris1, Tanymera fritschi n. gen. n. sp.1, Pseudolimnophila vulcana1, Polymera (Polymera) magnifica1
"Erioptera (Empeda) minuta" = Cheilotrichia (Empeda) minuta1 Meunier 1899 crane fly "several of both sexes"
"Trichoneura vulgaris" = Trichoneura (Trichoneura) vulgaris1 Loew 1850 crane fly "Numerous specimens of both sexes"
"Elephantomyia longirostris" = Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris1 Loew 1851 crane fly Nr. 95
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Thripidae indet.6, "Anaphothrips vicinus n. sp." = Protanaphothrips vicinus7, Taeniothrips (Physothrips) resinae n. sp.6, "Taeniothrips ? connaticornis" = Physothrips connaticornis7, "Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) fritschi n. sp." = Protoxythrips fritschi7, "Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) conclusus" = Protoxythrips conclusus7, "Oxythrips sepultus" = Protoxythrips sepultus6, "Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) crassicornis n. sp." = Protoxythrips crassicornis7, "Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) vigil n. sp." = Protoxythrips vigil7, "Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) bagnalli n. sp." = Protoxythrips bagnalli7, Anaphothrips arcanus n. sp.7, Anaphothrips magniceps n. sp.7, Anaphothrips perspicuus n. sp.6, Lipsanothrips skwarrae n. gen. n. sp.7, Taeniothrips ? clavicornis7, Taeniothrips inclusus n. sp.7, "Taeniothrips (Physothrips) repositus n. sp." = Taeniothrips repositus6, Archaeothrips latipennis n. gen. n. sp.6, Praedendrothrips avus n. gen. n. sp.6
"Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) crassicornis n. sp." = Protoxythrips crassicornis7 Priesner 1929 thrips Nr. 51
"Taeniothrips (Physothrips) repositus n. sp." = Taeniothrips repositus6 Priesner 1924 thrips Nr. 13, 17, 19, 21, 22; Nr. 35, 52, less certainly 24, 29, 48 in Priesner, 1929
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Protothrips speratus n. gen. n. sp.6
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Archankothrips pugionifer n. gen. n. sp.6
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Necrothrips nanus n. gen. n. sp.6, Treherniella fossilis n. sp.7, Cephenothrips laticeps n. gen. n. sp.7, Haplothrips sp.7, ? Symphyothrips longicauda n. sp.6, Proleeuwenia succini n. gen. n. sp.6
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Phanerotoma baltica n. sp.2, Ascogaster robusta n. sp.2, Ascogaster pinicola2, Ascogaster praevolans n. sp.2, Rhyssalus brevicornis2, Blacus fritschii n. sp.2, "Electroblacus facialis" = Blacus (Electroblacus) facialis2, "Blacus crassicornis" = Eubazus (Calyptus) crassicornis2, Aspicolpus similis n. sp.2, "Rhogas fritschii n. sp." = Rogas fritschii2, Electrohelcon foveatus n. sp.2, Eocardiochiles fritschii n. gen. n. sp.2, Miracoides proteus2, Ephedrus primordialis n. sp.2, Microtypus brevicornis2, Meteorus interstitialis n. sp.2
"Blacus crassicornis" = Eubazus (Calyptus) crassicornis2 Brues 1933 wasp Nr. 69, 101, 105, 203, 217, 255
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"Evania (Parevania) remanea" = Parevania remanea2
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"Micraulacinus fritschii n. sp." = Aulacus fritschii2
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"Eupsenella crastina" = Lytopsenella crastina2
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"Arthropterus fritschi n. sp." = Pleurarthropterus (Balticarthropterus) fritschi, "Arthropterus aterrimus n. sp." = Pleurarthropterus (Balticarthropterus) aterrimus
"Arthropterus fritschi n. sp." = Pleurarthropterus (Balticarthropterus) fritschi Wasmann 1929 ant nest beetle
"Arthropterus aterrimus n. sp." = Pleurarthropterus (Balticarthropterus) aterrimus Wasmann 1929 ant nest beetle | |
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Hypogastrura protoviatica n. sp.4
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"Isotoma protocinerea" = Vertagopus protocinereus4
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Entomobrya pilosa4 Koch and Berendt 1854 springtail F. 239, 242, 355, 369, 385, 388, 394, 397, 410, 418
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