Where: Ghana (5.6° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 0.2° W)
• 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: Repository: private collection of M. Evers, junior of Altona-Bahrenfeld (Hambourg)
Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1910. Contribution á la fauna des diptères du copal récent de Zanzibar, de Madagascar et d'Accra. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 34:140-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152186: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Asteia magnifica n. sp.
| |
Leria insatiabilis n. sp.
| |
"Aphiochaeta obstricta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obstricta
|