Also known as Chiapas amber, Mexican amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 88.8° 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 140261: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Mistura perplexa n. gen. n. sp.2
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Insecta | |
Trichomyia glomerosa n. sp.
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