East Africa Copal (Pougnet coll) (Holocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.9° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 39.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collected by Pougnet

• Repository: unknown (André returned specimens to their owners)

Primary reference: E. André. 1895. Notice sur les fourmis fossiles de l'ambre de la Baltique et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 20:80-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138939: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Plagiolepis succini n. sp. André 1895 ant