Where: France (44.2° N, 4.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 6.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Reposited in the MNHN

• Repository: Geology Department and Museum of the University Rennes 1

Primary reference: J. Choufani, V. Perrichot, V. Girard, R. Garrouste, D. Azar and A. Nel. 2013. Two new biting midges of the modern type from Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). In D. Azar, M. Engel, E. Jarzembowski, L. Krogmann, A. Nel, J. Santiago-Blay (eds.), Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet 73-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152462: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2013

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