Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Finca Carmitto Member (La Quinta Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Paleontología "Eliseo Palacios Aguilera", Secretaria de Medio Ambiente e Historia Natural (IHNFG), Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
Primary reference: P. Cifuentes-Ruiz, H. Brailovsky, M. L. Serrano-Sánchez and F. J. Vega. 2021. First fossil Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 73(A170121) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220432: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.05.2021, edited by Joanna Wolfe
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hypsotsijilia bretoni n. gen. n. sp.
Hypsotsijilia bretoni n. gen. n. sp. Cifuentes-Ruiz and Brailovsky 2021 jumping soil bug INHFG-5690, 5961, 5962, 5962, 5964, 5965, 5966
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Palaeolibrinus spinicornis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Armadilloniscus miocaenicus n. sp.1
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