UCMP B-8414, Simojovel region (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber, Mexican amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.3° N, 92.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.9° N, 86.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the UCMP

• Specimens in UC Museum of Paleontlogy, Berkeley

Primary reference: L. Masner. 1969. A scelionid wasp surviving unchanged since Tertiary. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71(3):397-400 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152002: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
? Diaphorinae indet.1
? Diaphorinae indet.1 Schiner 1864 long-legged fly
B-8414-32
 Diptera - Hybotidae
Drapetis dissentis n. sp.2
Drapetis dissentis n. sp.2 Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005 dance fly
UCMP 50026 (B-8414-30)
 Hymenoptera -
Palaeogryon muesebecki
Palaeogryon muesebecki Masner 1969 wasp
B-8414-41
1Bickel and Solórzano Kraemer 2016; 2Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005