Neuse River amber (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: North Carolina (35.4° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 49.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collected by V.E. Krynicki

• Repository: some specimens at the Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdansk

Primary reference: V. E. Krynicki. 2013. Primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Sphecomyrminae) in the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of North Carolina (USA). Life: The Excitement of Biology 1:156-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152037: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Neuseptychoptera carolinensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Neuseptychoptera carolinensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Szadziewski et al. 2017 phantom crane fly
MAI 5667
 Coleoptera - Eucnemidae
Neusiokia appalachiensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Neusiokia appalachiensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Muona 2022 false click beetle
Finnish Museum of Natural History
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Brownimecia inconspicua n. sp.2, Baikuris ocellantis n. sp.2, Sphecomyrma nexa n. sp.2
Brownimecia inconspicua n. sp.2 Sosiak et al. 2024 ant
AMNH-NC-MSE-1
Baikuris ocellantis n. sp.2 Sosiak et al. 2024 ant
Sphecomyrma nexa n. sp.2 Sosiak et al. 2024 ant
AMNH-NC-515
1Muona 2022; 2Sosiak et al. 2024; 3Szadziewski et al. 2017