Dominican amber (Velten collection) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: Repository: collection Jurgen Velten, Idstein

Primary reference: M. Olmi, A. Guglielmino, and M. Vollaro. 2011. Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to constans group, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae). Zootaxa 2981:43-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166828: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Stizocera evanescens n. sp.2 Vitali 2010 longhorned beetle
 Coleoptera - Brachypsectridae
Brachypsectridae indet.1 LeConte and Horn 1883 Texas beetle
Velten 316
 Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Dryinus palaeodominicanus Currado and Olmi 1983 wasp