Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Finca Carmitto Member (La Quinta Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Illinois Natural History Survey Fossil Collection (INHS-P) at the Illinois Center for Paleontology, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois

Primary reference: S. Heads. 2024. A second chrysopine lacewing from Mexican amber (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Kentiana 6:1-6more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237563: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.12.2024

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