Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University
Primary reference: M. Perreau, D. Haelewaters, and P. Tafforeau. 2021. A parasitic coevolution since the Miocene revealed by phase‑contrast synchrotron X‑ray microtomography and the study of natural history collections. Scientific Reports 11(2672) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 217200: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.01.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Laboulbeniomycetes | |
Columnomyces electri n. sp.
Columnomyces electri n. sp. Haelewaters and Perreau 2021 | |
Insecta | |
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