Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.5° N, 92.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.1° N, 86.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Colección de Paleontología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (CPAL-UAEM)

Primary reference: F. Riquelme and M. Hernández-Patricio. 2018. The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber. Check List 14(4):637-646 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2018

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