Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 89.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Museo del Ámbar de Chiapas (MACH), located in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Primary reference: F. Riquelme, D. F. Piedra-Jiménez, V. Córdova-Tabares and B. Luna-Castro. 2014. A new chernetid pseudoscorpion from the Miocene Chiapas – amber Lagerstätte, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51:902-908 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163578: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Mayachernes maatiatus n. gen. n. sp." = Byrsochernes maatiatus
"Mayachernes maatiatus n. gen. n. sp." = Byrsochernes maatiatus Riquelme et al. 2014 pseudoscorpion BL.MACH.2
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Neomachilellus (Praeneomachilellus) ezetaelenensis n. sp.2 Riquelme and Montejo-Cruz 2015 rock bristletail BL.MACH.1
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