Where: Belgium (50.7° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tienen Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Landénien Supérieur. Lack of stratigraphic description but the amber deposit can be attributed to the upper part of the Tienen Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Collected in 1932

• Repository: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)

Primary reference: L. J. Seyfullah, J. Szwedo, A. R. Schmidt and C. Prestianni. 2024. Chemical and palaeoentomological evidence of a relationship between early Eocene Belgian and Oise (France) ambers. Scientific Reports 14(13705) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235265: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.06.2024

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