Montecristo amber mines, Simojovel de Allende (IPN-PAL collection) (Miocene of Mexico)

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

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 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: Colección de Paleontología (IPN-PAL), Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Primary reference: D. K. Arroyo-Sánchez, J. Víctor, V. M. Córdova-Tabares, A. L. Hernández-Damián, and E. Estrada-Ruiz. 2025. Entomopathogenic fungi (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) on a termite (Blattodea: Mastotermitidae) trapped in Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico. Historical Biology 37:113-119more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 238005: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Sordariomycetes
 Hypocreales - Hypocreomycetidae
Hypocreales indet.
Hypocreales indet. Lindau 1897
IPN-PAL 12
Insecta
 Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
cf. Mastotermes sp.
cf. Mastotermes sp. Froggatt 1897 termite
IPN-PAL 215