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: small collection sent by M. Künow of Zoological Museum at Königsberg
Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1901. Nouvelles recherches sur quelques Cecidomyidae et Mycetomyilidae de l'ambre et description d'un noveau genre et d'une nouvelle espèce de Cecidomyidae du copal de l'Afrique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles (Mémoires) 25:183-202 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140791: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Stenoptera kiefferi n. gen. n. sp." = Neostenoptera kiefferi
"Stenoptera kiefferi n. gen. n. sp." = Neostenoptera kiefferi Meunier 1901 gall midge | |
Thryptocera media n. sp.
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Plutothrix minutissima n. sp.
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