Rovno Amber, Veselukha River (Khomych collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.6° N, 25.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.0° N, 28.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: collection of M. Khomych

Primary reference: A. G. Radchenko. 2023. A new ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the late Eocene Rovno amber. Zoodiversity 57:323-336 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232214: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.10.2023

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Damzenomyrmex ribbeckei Radchenko 2023 ant
F-406, 613
Ctenobethylus goepperti Mayr 1868 ant
F-406