Copal (University of Cambridge coll) (Holocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.9° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 39.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: amber

Reposited in the SM

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge, England

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 148230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2013, edited by Annabelle Louderback

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Araneae - Salticidae
"Parevophrys succini n. sp." = Hyllus succini
"Parevophrys succini n. sp." = Hyllus succini Petrunkevitch 1942 spider
SM C6656