Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: T. Bourgoin and F. Lefèbvre. 2002. A new fossil Kinnaridae from Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Annales Zoologici 52:583-585 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156229: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Oeclidius browni n. sp.
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Dilophus matilei n. sp.2
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Arachnida | |
Pseudochiridium lindae n. gen. n. sp.1
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