Rovno amber (UCP coll) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.3° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 22.3° E)

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Repository: Andrzej Myrcha’s University Center of Natural Sciences, University of Białystok (UCP UwB)

Primary reference: J. Kupryjanowicz, G. Y. Lyubarsky, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. A new species of the family Smicripidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal 53:165-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201871: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Smicripidae
Smicrips fudalai n. sp. Kupryjanowicz et al. 2019 palmetto beetle
UCP UwB 285
 Coleoptera - Kateretidae
"Heterhelus (Heterhelus) buzina n. sp." = Antirhelus buzina
"Heterhelus (Heterhelus) buzina n. sp." = Antirhelus buzina Kupryjanowicz et al. 2021 beetle
UCP 287