Gold Coast copal (Holocene of Benin)

Where: Benin (6.4° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.4° N, 2.2° 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

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Specimens presumably in private collection of von Rosen

Primary reference: K. von Rosen. 1913. Die Fossilen Termiten: Eine kurze Zusammenfassung der bis jetzt bekannten Funde. Transactions of the 2nd International Congress of Entomology 2:318-335 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150373: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Calotermes (Calotermes) resinatus n. sp. von Rosen 1913 termite
 Blattodea - Termitidae
Eutermes (Trinervitermes) handlirschi n. sp. von Rosen 1913 termite