Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 89.1° 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
• Specimens in UC Museum of Paleontlogy, Berkeley
Primary reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1963. Chiapas amber spiders. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:1-40 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 146658: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Propago debilis n. gen. n. sp.
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Insecta | |
Stenohebrus glaesarius n. gen. n. sp.2
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