PBDB Collection

Dominican amber (CAS, Craig collection) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 CAS

• Repository: Pat Craig private collection, to be deposited in the California Academy of Sciences

Primary reference: J. A. Santiago-Blay and P. R. Craig. 1999. Preliminary analysis of chrysomelid palaeodiversity with a new record and new species from Dominican amber (early to middle Miocene). In M. D. Cox (ed.), Advances in Chrysomelidae Biology 17-24 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159268: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Hymenoptera - Dryinidae	Bocchus vetustus n. sp.² Bocchus vetustus n. sp.² Olmi 1991 wasp CAS 16718
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	Sceloenopla stainesorum n. sp., Diachus sp.⁵, Metachroma sp.⁵, Glyptoscelis sp.⁵, Chalcosicya sp.⁵, Acallepitrix sp. Sceloenopla stainesorum n. sp. Santiago-Blay and Craig 1999 tortoise beetle Diachus sp.⁵ LeConte 1880 leaf beetle Metachroma sp.⁵ Chevrolat 1836 leaf beetle 36-13L, 20DM, 40DM, 50F Glyptoscelis sp.⁵ Chevrolat 1836 leaf beetle Chalcosicya sp.⁵ Blake 1930 leaf beetle PRC-10DM Acallepitrix sp. Bechyné 1959 flea beetle
Embioptera - Anisembiidae	Glyphembia amberica n. sp.³, Poinarembia rota n. gen. n. sp.³ Glyphembia amberica n. sp.³ Ross 2003 webspinners Poinarembia rota n. gen. n. sp.³ Ross 2003 webspinners
Diptera - Phoridae	Apocephalus succineus¹ Apocephalus succineus¹ Brown 2000 scuttle fly Craig DM March 1993-5, JW March 1996-10
Myriapoda
Siphonophorida - Siphonophoridae	Siphonophora sp.⁴, Siphonophora velezi n. sp.⁴, Siphonophora hoffmani⁴ Siphonophora sp.⁴ Brandt 1837 millipede Siphonophora velezi n. sp.⁴ Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1992 millipede Siphonophora hoffmani⁴ Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1992 millipede
Polydesmida -	? Inodesmus sp.⁴ ? Inodesmus sp.⁴ Cook 1896 millipede
Polydesmida - Pyrgodesmidae	Docodesmus sp.⁴, Lophodesmus sp.⁴ Docodesmus sp.⁴ Cook 1896 millipede Lophodesmus sp.⁴ Pocock 1894 millipede
Polyxenida - Lophoproctidae	? Lophoproctus sp.⁴ ? Lophoproctus sp.⁴ Pocock 1894 millipede

¹Brown 2000; ²Olmi 1991; ³Ross 2003; ⁴Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1992; ⁵Santiago-Blay et al. 1996