New Jersey amber, Sunrise landing, East Brunswick: Turonian, New Jersey
collected by Paul Borodin, James Leggett, Gerard Case

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agaricomycetes - Agaricales - Tricholomataceae
Basidiomycota indet. Whittaker 1980
Hibbett et al. 1995 2 specimens
AMNH NJ-90Y,Z
    = Archaeomarasmius leggetti n. gen., n. sp. Hibbett et al. 1997
Hibbett et al. 1997
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Atriculicoides globosus (Boesel 1937)
Borkent 1996 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-90C
Palaeobrachypogon sp. Borkent 1995
Borkent 2000 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-343
Culicoides bifidus n. sp. Borkent 1996
Borkent 1996 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-93 (1 measurement)
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) curvachelus n. sp. Borkent 1996
Borkent 1996 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-45
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus n. sp. Borkent 1996
Borkent 1996 8 specimens
AMNH NJ-42 (5 specimens), 41A (2 specimens), 41B (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Xenosycorax engeli n. gen., n. sp. Azar and Salamé 2015
Azar and Salamé 2015 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-63 (1 measurement)
Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis n. gen., n. sp. Azar et al. 2015
Azar et al. 2015 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-141 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Atelestidae
Neoturonius asymmetrus n. gen., n. sp. Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-90N (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Jersambromyia borodini n. gen., n. sp. Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 2 specimens
AMNH NJ-90O, P (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mantodea - Ambermantidae
Ambermantis wozniaki Grimaldi 2003
Grimaldi 2003 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-90cc (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown 1967
Grimaldi et al. 1997 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-112 (deposited in MCZ as neotype) (1 measurement)
Baikuris casei n. sp. Grimaldi et al. 1997
Grimaldi et al. 1997 2 specimens
AMNH NJ-90aa,bb
Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Glaesoconis nearctica n. sp. Grimaldi 2000
Grimaldi 2000 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-67
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Phloeocharis agerata n. sp. Chatzimanolis et al. 2013
Chatzimanolis et al. 2013 1 specimen
AMNH NJ-88 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 74.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 40.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Turonian
Age range of interval: 93.9 - 89.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Potomac Formation:Raritan
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts,amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Collectors:Paul Borodin, James Leggett, Gerard Case
Metadata
Database number:123016
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-10 08:25:32 Last modified:2024-09-11 20:04:42
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-10 08:25:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39277. R. Szadziewski and A. Arillo. 2003. The oldest fossil record of the extant subgenus Leptoconops (Leptoconops) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):271-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

53721 D. Azar, R. Mouawad, and Y. Salamé. 2015. A new genus of Trichomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of New Jersey. Cretaceous Research 52:531-538 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53722 D. Azar and Y. Salamé. 2015. A new genus of Sycoracinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of New Jersey. Cretaceous Research 52:539-547 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5804ETE 1568A. Borkent. 1996. Biting Midges from Upper Cretaceous New Jersey Amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3159:1-13 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]
40704 A. Borkent. 2000. Further biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Upper Cretaceous New Jersey amber. In D. Grimaldi (ed.), Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 453-472 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45795 S. Chatzimanolis, A. F. Newton, C. Soriano and M. S. Engel. 2013. Remarkable stasis in a phloeocharine rove beetle from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Journal of Paleontology 87:177-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40685 D. Grimaldi. 2000. A diverse fauna of Neuropterodea in amber from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. In D. Grimaldi (ed.), Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 259-303 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40188 D. Grimaldi. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412:1-47 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5815ETE 1579D. A. Grimaldi, D. Agosti, and J. M. Carpenter. 1997. New and rediscovered primitive ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey, and their phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3208 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]
5816ETE 1580D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239:1-121 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]
89414 D. S. Hibbett, D. Grimaldi, and M. J. Donoghue. 1995. Cretaceous mushrooms in amber. Nature 377:487 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66395 D. S. Hibbett, D. Grimaldi, and M. J. Donoghue. 1997. Fossil mushrooms from Miocene and Cretaceous ambers and the evolution of Homobasidiomycetes. American Journal of Botany 84:981-991 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]