Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: MALM: Museo del Ámbar Lilia Mijangos (Chiapas, Mexico)

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 217217: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.01.2021

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