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

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