Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Reposited in the FMNH
• Specimen obtained from Dr. Bruce Cutler, in possession of R. Wolff but will be given to Field Museum.
Primary reference: R. J. Wolff. 1990. A new species of Thiodina (Araneae: Salticidae) from Dominican amber. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190:405-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34903: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 14.10.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
"Thiodina beugelorum n. sp." = Nilakantha beugelorum
"Thiodina beugelorum n. sp." = Nilakantha beugelorum Wolff 1990 spider | |
Insecta | |
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Prorhinopsenius seeversi n. sp.2, Prorhinopsenius alzadae n. sp.2, Prorhinopsenius poinari n. sp.2, Heterothops cornelli1, Heterothops infernalis n. sp.1, Philonthus rhadamanthus1, Neoxantholinus apolithomenus n. sp.1
Prorhinopsenius alzadae n. sp.2 Kistner 1998 rove beetle From mines V (Kistner specimen 3), T, and S
Prorhinopsenius poinari n. sp.2 Kistner 1998 rove beetle From mines D (holotype, Kistner 13) and S (Kistner 10)
Heterothops cornelli1 Chatzimanolis and Engel 2013 rove beetle FMNH 11202; unnumbered Jim Cornell specimen
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