Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: amber
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1942. A study of amber spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 34:119-464 [M. Clapham/A. Louderback/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147652: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Annabelle Louderback on 11.07.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Eodipoena bassleri n. sp." = Eomysmena bassleri
"Eodipoena bassleri n. sp." = Eomysmena bassleri Petrunkevitch 1942 cobweb spider | |
Insecta | |
"Phatnoma baltica n. sp." = Parasinalda baltica1
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Reticulitermes minimus n. sp.8
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Markus karenae n. gen. n. sp.2, Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) maryae n. sp.3, Podistra madelineae n. sp.7, Cacomorphocerus coleae n. sp.4, Cacomorphocerus marki n. sp.5, Sucinorhagonycha maryae n. sp.7, Sucinorhagonycha samsockorum n. sp.3, Malthinus (Malthinus) karenpankowskiae n. sp.7, Malthinus (Malthinus) pauljohnsoni n. sp.7, Malthinus (Malthinus) masoni n. sp.6, Malthodes (Malthodes) markpankowskii n. sp.6, Malthodes (Malthodes) josephi n. sp.3, Malthodes (Malthodes) greenwalti n. sp.7, Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) betseyae n. sp.7
Malthinus (Malthinus) karenpankowskiae n. sp.7 Pankowski and Fanti 2023 soldier beetle USNM PAL 787825
Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) betseyae n. sp.7 Pankowski and Fanti 2023 soldier beetle USNM PAL 787827
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