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)
• Repository: private collection of F. Vitali
Primary reference: F. Vitali. 2004. Pseudosieversia europaea new species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 35:1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138000: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sucinoptinus sucini n. gen. n. sp.1 Bellés and Vitali 2007 spider beetle ex. coll. A. Gorski (Poland, Baltic Coast)
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Diplocoelus probiphyllus n. sp.6
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Procleomenes gouverneuri n. sp.10, Tillomorphites robustus n. gen. n. sp.7, Tillomorphites spinipes n. sp.9, Tillomorphites otiliae n. sp.9, Protachryson pomeranicum n. gen. n. sp.7, Nothorhina granulicollis4, Paratimia succinicola n. sp.11, Saphanites mirabilis n. gen. n. sp.7, Mesalocerus tetropoides n. gen. n. sp.8, Necydalis (Necydalisca) zangi n. sp.7, Encyclopidonia punctatissima n. gen. n. sp.5, "Pseudosieversia europaea n. sp." = Trichosieversia europaea, "Paracorymbia antiqua n. sp." = Paracorymbia (Vadoniocorymbia) antiqua3, Pedostrangalia pristina14, Pedostrangalia ostensackeni n. sp.14, Eurocrossotus alekseevi n. gen. n. sp.12, Pogonocherus minimus n. sp.13, "Pogonocherus scutellaris n. sp." = Pogonocherus scutellatus13
Tillomorphites robustus n. gen. n. sp.7 Vitali 2011 longhorned beetle FS47B28 (ex coll. M. Veta, Lithuania)
Protachryson pomeranicum n. gen. n. sp.7 Vitali 2011 longhorned beetle FS45B26 (ex coll. D. Balsatis, Lithuania)
Nothorhina granulicollis4 Zang 1905 longhorned beetle FS4B4, FS17B16, FS7B7, FS19B17, FS6B6, FS9B9, FS10B10
Saphanites mirabilis n. gen. n. sp.7 Vitali 2011 longhorned beetle FS46B27 (ex coll. M. Veta, Lithuania)
Necydalis (Necydalisca) zangi n. sp.7 Vitali 2011 longhorned beetle FS48B29 (ex coll. M. Veta, Lithuania)
Encyclopidonia punctatissima n. gen. n. sp.5 Vitali 2009 longhorned beetle FS39B24 (ex coll P. Cardwell A8137)
"Pseudosieversia europaea n. sp." = Trichosieversia europaea Vitali 2004 longhorned beetle ex.coll. E. Probst; 1 ex coll. C. Gröhn in Vitali, 2005, 1 ex. coll J. Velten in Vitali, 2009
"Paracorymbia antiqua n. sp." = Paracorymbia (Vadoniocorymbia) antiqua3 Vitali 2005 longhorned beetle ex. coll. C. Gröhn
Pedostrangalia ostensackeni n. sp.14 Vitali 2023 longhorned beetle FS83BS51 (ex. coll. M. Veta 210415)
Eurocrossotus alekseevi n. gen. n. sp.12 Vitali 2021 longhorned beetle FS72BS41 (ex coll. J. Damzen 5764)
"Pogonocherus scutellaris n. sp." = Pogonocherus scutellatus13 Vitali 2023 longhorned beetle FS66BS36 (ex. coll. M. Veta 2348)
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