Where: Germany (51.8° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Interpreted as succinite similar to Baltic or Bitterfeld amber. Most probably redeposited, found in association with lignite and glessite, in layers without gravel and pebbles (typical for Pleistocene strata), most probably representing Lower/Middle Miocene, Burdigalian/Langhian; Brieske Formation, Welzow Member, 2nd MFH (2. Miozänen Flözhorizontes; 2nd Miocene Seam Horizon).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum der Natur Hamburg-Geologie, Hamburg, Germany (GPIH)

Primary reference: J. Drohojowska, M. Zmarzły, and J. Szwedo. 2024. The discovery of a fossil whitefly from Lower Lusatia (Germany) presents a challenge to current ideas about Baltic amber. Scientific Reports 14(23102)more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236500: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.10.2024

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