Also known as Chiapas amber, Mexican amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: L. W. Quate. 1963. Fossil Psychodidae in Mexican amber, part 2 (Diptera: Insecta). Journal of Paleontology 37(1):110-118 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140217: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Electrophrynus mirus n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Priscotama antiqua n. gen. n. sp." = Prototama antiqua3
"Priscotama antiqua n. gen. n. sp." = Prototama antiqua3 Petrunkevitch 1971 tree trunk spider UCMP 13532
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Alaptus cf. globosicornis2 Girault 1908 fairyfly UCMP 12633 ("probably A. globosicornis or closely related")
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Psychoda sp., Trichomyia discalis n. sp.
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