Where: Sarawak, Malaysia (2.7° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 115.5° E)
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Amber comes from the Nyalau Formation of early Middle Miocene age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Jorg Wunderlich
Primary reference: M. L. de Andrade and C. Baroni Urbani. 2004. First record of ants from Borneo amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesselschaft 77:247-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138840: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Cataulacus plebeius n. sp.
Cataulacus plebeius n. sp. de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 2004 ant |