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: E. C. Becker. 1963. Three new fossil elaterids from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico, including a new genus (Coleoptera). Journal of Paleontology 37:125-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140260: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Polyderis antigua n. sp.2
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Cenocephalus hurdi n. sp.6
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Agriotes succiniferus n. sp.
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"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae4
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Arachnida | |
"Aranea exusta n. sp." = Araneus exustus5
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Prosocer mollis n. gen. n. sp.5
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