Where: Belarus (52.1° N, 24.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Amber found in Quaternary peat at a depth of 4-5 m, but is the same as Baltic/Rovno amber on the basis of the fly Palaeopoecilostola speciosa.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: presumably Belarus Academy of Science

Primary reference: U. I. Nazarau, A. A. Bagdasarau, and I. I. Ureu. 1994. Pershyya znakhodki busyakou (Diptera, Hymenoptera) u burshtyne Belaruskaga palessya. Vestsi Akademii Navuk Belarusi, Seryia Biialahichnykh Navuk 1994(2):104-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173158: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2015

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