Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° 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: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

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

Primary reference: F. Riquelme, M. Menéndez-Acuña, and I. Yoval-Martínez. 2021. Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Miocene Mexican amber. Palaeodiversity 14:5-13 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217219: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.01.2021

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