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)
• Specimens at Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, Novosibirsk
Primary reference: A. A. Legalov. 2012. A new weevil genus of the tribe Metrioxenini (Coleoptera: Belidae) in Eocene Baltic amber. Historical Biology 24:213-217 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134456: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Insecta |
Coleoptera - Curculionidae |
Palaeodexipeus kirejtshuki n. gen. n. sp. 6, Archaeosciaphilus gyrommatus20, Polydrusus (Palaeodrosus) andrushchenkoi n. sp. 15, Polydrusus (Palaeodrosus) zherikhini n. sp. 9, Arostropsis kirejtshuki n. sp. 15, Archaeocallirhopalus larssoni n. gen. n. sp. 2, Archaeocallirhopalus alekseevi17, Succinalophus attenboroughi n. gen. n. sp. 6, Limalophus poinari n. sp. 9, Succinacalles silvestris n. sp. 15, Electrorhinus friedhelmi9, Tachyerges hyperoche n. sp. 19, Orchestes tatjanae n. sp. 5, Palaeorhamphus primitivus n. gen. n. sp. 5, " Palaeorhamphus damzeni n. sp." = Palaeorhamphus (Falsorhamphus) damzeni9, Palaeorhamphus (Falsorhamphus) alekseevi n. sp. 15, Palaeoanoplus horridus n. gen. n. sp. 11, Eocenesibinia prussica n. gen. n. sp. 5, Mazurieugnomus pilosus n. gen. n. sp. 9, Archaeoeugnomus balticus n. gen. n. sp. 5, Anthonoeugnomus barsevskisi n. gen. n. sp. 9, Pseudoergania perkovskyi n. gen. n. sp. 8, Pachytychius eocenicus n. sp. 5, Dorytomus bukejsi n. sp. 9, Dorytomus electrinus n. sp. 6, Dorytomus (Euolamus) nudus n. sp. 5, Dorytomus korotyaevi n. sp. 9, Succinostyphlus katarzynae n. sp. 15, " Succinostyphlus mroczkowskii" = Sucinostyphlus mroczkowskii5, " Succinostyphlus erectosquamata" = Sucinostyphlus mroczkowskii5, Succinostyphlus squamosus n. sp. 15, Cenocephalus aniskini n. sp. 9, Electrocoryssopus andrushchenkoi n. gen. n. sp. 16, Caulophilus sucinopunctatus18, Caulophilus squamosus n. sp. 5, Caulophilus rarus n. sp. 5, Electrocossonus kirejtshuki n. gen. n. sp. 9, Palaeophelypera kuscheli n. gen. n. sp. 2, Leiosoma (Palaeoleiosoma) shevnini n. sp. 15, Leiosoma (Palaeoleiosoma) michalski n. sp. 15, Leiosoma (Palaeoleiosoma) klebsi n. sp. 5, Baltanchonidium eocenicum n. gen. n. sp. 15, Ceutorhynchus electrinus n. sp. 5, Ceutorhynchus alekseevi5, Ceutorhynchus succinus n. sp. 2
" Succinostyphlus mroczkowskii" = Sucinostyphlus mroczkowskii5 Kuska 1996 snout beetle
ISEZh BA2012/20; BA2012/17 in Legalov & Bukejs 2018
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Coleoptera - Belidae |
" Palaeometrioxena zherikhini" = Archimetrioxena zherikhini18 Legalov 2012 weevil
ISEA BA2012/18 (also listed as A. electrica in Legalov, 2019, but illustrations are different)
Archimetrioxena electrica9 Voss 1953 weevil
ISEA BA2012/18 (also listed as P. zherikhini in Legalov & Bukejs, 2018, but illustrations are different)
Succinometrioxena poinari n. gen. n. sp. Legalov 2012 weevil
ISEA 2011/1, 2016/3, 2023/1 (additional specimens in Legalov 2023)
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Coleoptera - Brentidae |
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Coleoptera - Anthribidae |
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Coleoptera - Attelabidae |
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Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae |
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Coleoptera - Rhadalidae |
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Coleoptera - Melyridae |
Palpattalus eocenicus n. gen. n. sp. 22 Tshernyshev 2016 soft-winged flower beetle
ISEZh sch_002, 004, 005, 006; sch_008, 009 in Tshernyshev, 2020
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