Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Toca Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Older dates for Dominican amber were Upper Eocene or Oligocene, but it is now dated as Miocene.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Jiří Háva, Private Entomological Laboratory and Collection, Únětice u Prahy, Prague-west, Czech Republic
Primary reference: J. Háva. 2023. A contribution to the knowledge of amber Dermestidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) with a list of all known fossil species. Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 19:267-284 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 231788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Cryptorhopalum sp. Guerin-Meneville 1838 skin beetle |