Baltic Amber, Humboldt University MfN Collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Paleontological Institute, Humboldt Univ Berlin

Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Specimens at the Palaeontological Institute of the Humboldt Museum fur Naturkunde (University of Berlin)

Primary reference: J. Muona. 1993. Eucnemidae and Throscidae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera). Entomologische Blatter 89:15-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147612: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2013, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Phasmatodea - Archipseudophasmatidae
Pseudoperla sleipnir n. sp.15, Dvergrphasma fafnir n. gen. n. sp.16
Pseudoperla sleipnir n. sp.15 Zompro 2004 stick insect
Dvergrphasma fafnir n. gen. n. sp.16 Zompro 2005 stick insect
 Hemiptera - Miridae
"Archeofulvius singularis n. gen. n. sp." = Archeofulvius gulosus2
"Archeofulvius singularis n. gen. n. sp." = Archeofulvius gulosus2 Germar and Berendt 1856 plant bug
Unnumbered holotype and allotype; paratypes no. 216, 217
 Neuroptera - Berothidae
Elektroberotha groehni7 Makarkin and Ohl 2015 beaded lacewing
MfN MB.I.6021
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Balticeler kerneggeri9 Schmidt and Maddison 2021 ground beetle
MfN MB.I.8614
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Nothorhina granulicollis4 Zang 1905 longhorned beetle
MB.A.1879, 1900
 Coleoptera - Cleridae
Pseudopallenis nejistota n. sp.6 Kolibáč 1997 checkered beetle
MfN MB.J.460
Pseudopallenis baltica6 Crowson 1964 checkered beetle
MfN MB.J.522 (coll. Isenheim)
Thanasimodes jantar n. sp.6 Kolibáč 1997 checkered beetle
MfN MB.J.496
 Coleoptera - Eucnemidae
Dyscharachthis woglindae n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.572, 586
Dyscharachthis freiae n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.580, 576
Sieglindea siegmundi n. gen. n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.568
Arisus sp. de Bonvouloir 1871 false click beetle
MB.I.573
Poecilochrus sp. de Bonvouloir 1871 false click beetle
MB.I.607
? Xylophilus sp. Mannerheim 1823 false click beetle
MB.I.596
Rhagomicrus sp. Fleutiaux 1902 false click beetle
MB.I.584, 585
Microrhagus sp. Dejean 1833 false click beetle
MB.I.562, 581, 591
Balistica sp. Motschulsky 1861 false click beetle
MB.I.598
Balistica mimae n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.578
Hylis frickae n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.587
Hemiopsida sp. Macleay 1872 false click beetle
MB.I.597
Erdaia sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.579
Erdaia hageni n. gen. n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.601
Macraulacini indet. Fleutiaux 1923 false click beetle
MB.I.577 (?Dromaeolus/Thambus sp.)
Spinifornax donneri n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.566
Asiocnemis sp. Mamaev 1976 false click beetle
MB.I.569
Ceratus wotani n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.582
Fornax sp. Laporte 1835 false click beetle
MB.I.575, 592
Dromaeolus sp. Kiesenwetter 1858 false click beetle
MB.I.594
Euryptychus brunhildae n. sp. Muona 1993 false click beetle
MB.I.604, 606
 Coleoptera - Throscidae
Aulonothroscus sp. Horn 1890 beetle
MB.I.554, 560, 564, 589
Pactopus fafneri n. sp. Muona 1993 beetle
MB.I.595
Pactopus fasolti Muona 1993 beetle
MB.I.588, 556, 565, 583, 590, 602
Potergus logei n. sp. Muona 1993 beetle
MB.I.555
Potergus frohi n. sp. Muona 1993 beetle
MB.I.605, 570
Trixagus sp. Kugelann 1794 beetle
MB.I.553, 599
 Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Dermestes (Dermestes) progenitor n. sp.14 Zhantiev 2006 skin beetle
MfN 849
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) meunieri5 Alexander 1931 crane fly
No. 10
Arachnida
 Parasitiformes - Urodinychidae
? Uroobovella sp.4 Berlese 1903 tortoise mite
MB.A.1879, 1900 (count estimated)
 Parasitiformes - Ascidae
? Ascidae indet.4 Voigt and Oudemans 1905
MB.A.1879
 Parasitiformes -
? Microgynioidea indet.4 Tragardh 1942
MB.A.1900
 Opiliones -
Baltonychia obscura n. gen. n. sp.1
Baltonychia obscura n. gen. n. sp.1 Bartel et al. 2022 harvestman
MfN MB.A.4453 (formerly Damzen JDC11158)
 Opiliones - Phalangiidae
Lacinius bizleyi8 Mitov et al. 2015 harvestman
MB.A.2815
 Opiliones -
Piankhi steineri n. gen. n. sp.3
Piankhi steineri n. gen. n. sp.3 Dunlop et al. 2012 harvestman
MfN MB.A.1878
 Araneae - Leptonetidae
Eoleptoneta kutscheri10 Wunderlich 1991 leptonetid spider
MB.A.558
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Episinus balticus13 Marusik and Penney 2004 cobweb spider
 Araneae - Mysmenidae
Mysmena groehni n. sp.11
Mysmena groehni n. sp.11 Wunderlich 2004 spurred orb-weaver
 Araneae - Anapidae
Balticoroma ernstorum11 Wunderlich 2004 spider
 Araneae - Dictynidae
Scopulyna cursor n. gen. n. sp.12
Scopulyna cursor n. gen. n. sp.12 Wunderlich 2004 spider