Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)

• 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: Andrzej Myrcha Centre of Nature, University of Białystok, Poland (UCP UwB)

Primary reference: J. Kupryjanowicz, G. Y. Lyubarsky, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2020. Not so wide face: The first root-eating beetle of the genus Europs (Coleoptera: Monotomidae) in Mexican amber. Invertebrate Zoology 17:145-153 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216502: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2020

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