Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: CEMT - Setor de Entomologia da Coleção Zoológica da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá

Primary reference: S. Tarasov, F. Z. Vaz-de-Mello, F. T. Krell and D. Dimitrov. 2016. A review and phylogeny of Scarabaeine dung beetle fossils (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with the description of two Canthochilum species from Dominican amber. PeerJ 4(e1988):1-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146610: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2013

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