Also known as Samland, Kaliningrad

Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• single amber specimen assigned to "Baltic amber" from Sambia, Lithuania

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•-Samland amber is primarily Lutetian, but horizons also found in other Eocene stages according to Weitschat and Wichard 2010

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: possibly purchased or donated, and probably not collected by the authors

Primary reference: M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179139: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 02.06.2016

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