Where: Tanzania (6.2° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 39.2° 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
Collection methods: Repository: private collection of M. Evers, junior of Altona-Bahrenfeld (Hambourg)
Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1905. Nouvelles recherches sur quelques Diptères et Hyménoptères du copal fossile "dit de Zanzibar". Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France 18:204-215 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Platyura exigua n. sp.3
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Sciara radians n. sp.7
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Leptogaster erecta n. sp.2
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"Nematoproctus alsiosus n. sp." = Diaphorus alsiosus7, "Teuchophorus sobrius n. sp." = Chaetogonopteron sobrium7
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"Phora copalina n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina, "Phora ethiopia n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia, "Aphiochaeta obruta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obruta6, "Aphiochaeta praepedita n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) praepedita5, "Aphiochaeta infossa n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) infossa5, "Aphiochaeta inclusa n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inclusa5
"Aphiochaeta praepedita n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) praepedita5 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly no. 185
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Ceroxys ethiopia n. sp.4
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Pyrellia viridissima n. sp.4
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Leriella crassifemorata n. gen. n. sp.4
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Micropeza prompta n. sp.2
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Leria insaturabilis n. sp.7
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Heleomyza humilis n. sp.7
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"Calyoza ramosa n. sp." = Calyoza staphylinoides2
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Ceratobaeus incertus n. sp.
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"Mesidia minuta n. sp." = Aphelinus minutus
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Thylacella eversiana n. gen. n. sp.1
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