Also known as Saxonian amber
Where: Halle, Germany (51.6° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 8.0° E)
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Bitterfeld amber occurs in the "Bernsteinschluff" Horizon, i.e. a part of the Upper "Bitterfelder Glimmersand" in the upper part of the Cottbus Formation. Detailed biostratigraphic investigations favor an uppermost Chattian age for the unit. Originally assigned a Miocene age, and then thought to be redeposited Baltic amber. The chemical composition of Bitterfeld amber is distinct from true Baltic amber (e.g., Sodhi et al., 2013). Hydrogen isotopes indicate that Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers have distinct geographic sources, but carbon isotopes and insects suggest Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers are coeval in age (Wolfe et al., 2016).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: collection of Jorg Wunderlich
Primary reference: J. Wunderlich. 1991. Beschreibung der ersten fossilen Spinne der Familie Leptonetidae: Eoleptona kutscheri n. gen., n. sp. in Sächsischem Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 101:21-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147604: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Spatiator bitterfeldensis n. sp.20
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Saxonarchaea diabolica n. sp.2
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Eoleptoneta kutscheri n. gen. n. sp.
Eoleptoneta kutscheri n. gen. n. sp. Wunderlich 1991 leptonetid spider | |
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Hirsutipalpus varipes17, Clya tricurvata17, Clya obscura17, Spinitharinus bulbosus17, Spinitharinus cheliceratus17, Euryopis bitterfeldensis17, Eomysmena sp.17, Episinus longimanus17, Episinus balticus17, Kochiuridion pecten17, Lasaeola latisulci17, Lasaeola communis17, Lasaeola infulata17, Ulesanis ovalis n. sp.17
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Custodela sp.9, ? Custodela sp.9, Custodela stridulans n. sp.9, Custodela pseudokochi9, Custodela bispinosa n. sp.9, Custodela femurspinosa n. sp.9, Custodela curvata n. sp.9, ? Custodela parva n. sp.9, Custodela bispina n. sp.9, Paralabulla sp.19
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"Graea breviembolus n. sp." = Eustaloides breviembolus3
"Graea breviembolus n. sp." = Eustaloides breviembolus3 Wunderlich 2004 orb-weaving spider F551/BB/AR/ZYG/CJW
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Fossilanapis sp.18, ? Fossilanapis sp.5, Ruganapis scutata18, Balticoroma serafinorum5, Flagellanapis voigti n. gen. n. sp.5, Balticonopsis ludwigi n. sp.20
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Protheridion bitterfeldensis n. sp.6
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Anameta distenda n. gen. n. sp.3
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