Baltic Amber (MNHN collection): Priabonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlodidae
Isoperla baltica n. sp. Jouault et al. 2021
Jouault et al. 2021 1 specimen
MNHN.F.A71350/BA4518 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Balticixius insignis (Germar and Berendt 1856)
Lefebvre et al. 2007 1 specimen
MNHN-LP-R.55118
Insecta - Hemiptera - Achilidae
Angustachilus longirostris n. gen., n. sp. Lefebvre et al. 2007
Lefebvre et al. 2007 1 specimen
BA 4502
Cixidia christinae n. gen., n. sp. Lefebvre et al. 2007
Lefebvre et al. 2007 1 specimen
synonym of Protepiptera kaweckii
BA 4455
Waghilde baltica n. gen., n. sp. Szwedo 2006
Szwedo 2006 1 specimen
MNHN-LP-R.63856 (coll. Jacek Serafin AUF 061JS) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Protobombus indecisus Cockerell 1908
1 specimen
recombined as Protobombus (Protobombus) indecisus
MNHN
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eriocottidae
Eocompsoctena macroptera n. gen., n. sp. Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
Ngô-Muller et al. 2020 1 specimen
MNHN.F.A71340 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
Electrolotis hoffeinsorum Szawaryn and Tomaszewska 2020
Szawaryn and Tomaszewska 2020 1 specimen
MNHN F.A71312
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cleridae
Orthrius succini n. sp. Menier 1983
Menier 1983 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Berendtimiridae
Jantarokrama utilis n. gen., n. sp. Kirejtshuk and Kovalev 2015
Kirejtshuk and Kovalev 2015 1 specimen
MNHN A52062 ("283") (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Elektrogomphaeschna annekeae n. sp. Pinkert et al. 2017
Pinkert et al. 2017 1 specimen
MNHN.F.A58663
Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae
Electrophenacolestes serafini n. gen., n. sp. Nel and Arillo 2006
Nel and Arillo 2006 1 specimen
MNHN-LP-R.63880 (coll. Jacek Serafin)
Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae
Wolfgangeuphaea ferweri n. gen., n. sp. Nel 2020
Ferwer and Nel 2020 1 specimen
MNHN.F.A71315 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Heptageniidae
Heptagenia ? bachofeni Demoulin 1968
Demoulin 1970 1 specimen
Bursey 4548
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Metretopodidae
Siphloplecton ? macrops (Hagen 1856)
Demoulin 1970 1 specimen
Bursey coll 4690
    = Siphloplecton informal sp. 4 Clemens 1915
Staniczek and Godunko 2012
Siphloplecton barabani Staniczek and Godunko 2012
Staniczek and Godunko 2012 1 specimen
Bursey 4486 (2 measurements)
Siphloplecton jaegeri Demoulin 1968
Demoulin 1970 1 specimen
Bursey coll 4672 (4486 is S. barabani) (2 measurements)
    = Siphloplecton demoulini n. sp. Staniczek and Godunko 2012
Staniczek and Godunko 2012
Siphloplecton jaegeri Demoulin 1968
Godunko et al. 2019 1 specimen
MNHN 4655 BA (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Syrphidae
Eoxanthandrus garroustei n. gen., n. sp. Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020 1 specimen
MNHN.F.A71318 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Heleomyzidae
Electroleria alacris (Meunier 1904)
Hennig 1969 2 specimens
Nr. 102, 298
Insecta - Diptera - Sciomyzidae
Prophaeomyia loewi Hennig 1965
Hennig 1969 1 specimen
Nr. 295
Prosalticella succini Hennig 1965
Hennig 1969 1 specimen
Nr. 4508
Palaeoheteromyza investiganda n. sp. Hennig 1969
Hennig 1969 1 specimen
Nr. 4497 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Clusiidae
Electroclusiodes radiospinosa n. sp. Hennig 1969
Hennig 1969 1 specimen
Nr. 327 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Chyromyidae
Gephyromyiella electrica Hennig 1965
Hennig 1969 1 specimen
Nr. 4661
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Symphoromyia clerci n. sp. Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020 1 specimen
MNHN.F.A71322 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Kelneria setosa n. gen., n. sp. Matile 1979
Matile 1979 2 specimens
Nr. 4666, 4404
Arachnida - Araneae - Dysderidae
Dasumia subita n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1958
Petrunkevitch 1958 1 specimen
recombined as Dasumiana subita
Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae
Orchestina sp. Smith 1882
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
No. 463 syninclusion
Orchestina baltica Petrunkevitch 1942
Petrunkevitch 1958 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Segestriidae
Segestria elongata Koch and Berendt 1854
Petrunkevitch 1958 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Segestria
Segestria tomentosa Koch and Berendt 1854
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
No. 463
Segestria succinei n. sp. Berland 1939
Berland 1939 1 specimen
1920-11
Arachnida - Araneae - Zoropsidae
Eomatachia cf. latifrons Petrunkevitch 1942
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
MNHN 4562, 7141
Arachnida - Araneae - Uloboridae
Eomiagrammopes maior Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
MNHN 511
Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Palaeonephila sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
MNHN 4446
Arachnida - Araneae - Tetragnathidae
Corneometa pilosipes n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
MNHN 482
Arachnida - Araneae - Anapidae
Balticoroma serafinorum Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 3 specimens
Arachnida - Araneae - Oecobiidae
Mizalia sp. Koch and Berendt 1854
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
MNHN 4567
Arachnida - Araneae - Oxyopidae
Oxyopes succini n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1958
Petrunkevitch 1958 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Zodariidae
Adjutor deformis n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1958
Petrunkevitch 1958 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Phrurolithidae
Eomazax pulcher Petrunkevitch 1958
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Pal. Mus. Paris no. 4447
Arachnida - Araneae - Philodromidae
Ablator triguttatus (Koch and Berendt 1854)
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
PIParis no. 549
Arachnida - Araneae - Salticidae
Gorgopsidis sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
MNHN 557, 4626
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Neobisiidae
Neobisium henderickxi n. sp. Judson 2003
Judson 2003 1 specimen
MNHN-LP-R.11188
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kaliningrad
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.9° North, 15.2° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens in Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Metadata
Database number:123936
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:A. Noshirvan, M. Clapham, A. Louderback, A. Delelli
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-02 11:56:50 Last modified:2022-12-31 18:35:55
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-02 11:56:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39684. M. S. Engel. 2001. A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 259:1-192 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan]

Secondary references:

47456 L. Berland. 1939. Description de quelques arignées fossils. Revue Française d’Entomologie 6:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44351 G. Demoulin. 1970. Troisième contribution à la connaissance des Éphéméroptères de l'ambre Oligocène de la Baltique. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 46:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
72586 W. Ferwer and A. Nel. 2020. A new damselfly genus and species from Baltic amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Euphaeidae). BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin 191(12):1-4 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
71208 R. J. Godunko, C. Neumann, and A. H. Staniczek. 2019. Revision of fossil Metretopodidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) in Baltic amber – Part 4: Description of two new species of Siphloplecton Clemens, 1915, with notes on the new S. jaegeri species group and with key to fossil male adults of Siphloplecton. ZooKeys 898:1-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40300 W. Hennig. 1969. Neue übersicht über die aus dem Baltischen Bernstein bekannten Acalyptratae. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 209:1-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77292 C. Jouault, F. Legendre, F. L. Condamine and A. Nel. 2021. A new stonefly species (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from Eocene Baltic amber and questions on the wing venation potential for species diagnostic of fossil Plecoptera. Palaeoentomology 4:243-256 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40815 M. L. I. Judson. 2003. Baltic amber pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Chelonethi): a new species of Neobisium (Neobisiidae) and the status of Obisium rathkii Koch & Berendt. Geodiversitas 25(3):445-450 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
57537 A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. V. Kovalev. 2015. First fossil representative of the family Omalisidae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea sensu lato) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 49:1413-1416 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40502 F. Lefebvre, T. Bourgoin, and A. Nel. 2007. New Cixiidae and Achilidae fossils from Middle Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 43:37-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44690 L. Matile. 1979. Un nouveau genre de Keroplatidae de l'ambre Oligocène de la Baltique (Diptera: Mycetophiloidea). Revue Française d'Entomologie (N.S.) 1:36-41 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55001 J. J. Menier. 1983. Orthrius succini, n. sp. Cleridae fossile de l'ambre (Coleoptera). Revue Française d'Entomologie 5:163-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40148 A. Nel and A. Arillo. 2006. The first Baltic amber dysagrionine damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Thaumatoneuridae: Dysagrioninae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 42:179-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40816 A. Nel, G. de Ploëg, and D. Azar. 2004. The oldest Liposcelididae in the lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (Insecta: Psocoptera). Geologica Acta 2:31-36 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan/M. Clapham]
79110 V. Ngô-Muller, M. S. Engel, A. Nel and J. Nel. 2020. First fossil Eriocottidae discovered in Eocene Baltic amber (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 4834:273-282 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79123 V. Ngô-Muller and A. Nel. 2020. A new Symphoromyia in the Middle Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Rhagionidae). Zootaxa 4820:373-378 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83529 V. Ngô-Muller and A. Nel. 2020. A new hoverfly genus and species from the middle Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Syrphidae). Palaeoentomology 3:68-75 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47730 A. Petrunkevitch. 1958. Amber Spiders in European Collections. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 41:97-400 [M. Clapham/A. Louderback]
62362 S. Pinkert, G. Bechly, and A. Nel. 2017. First record of hawker dragonflies from Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphaeschnidae). Zootaxa 4272:263-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46916 H. Schmied, T. Wappler, and J. Kolibáč. 2009. A new bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera, Trogossitidae) from the middle Eocene of Europe, with a checklist of fossil Trogossitidae. Zootaxa 1993:17-26 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
44350 A. H. Staniczek and R. J. Godunko. 2012. Revision of fossil Metretopodidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) in Baltic amber – Part 1: Type specimens of hitherto described fossil species of Siphloplecton Clemens, 1915 and Metretopus Eaton, 1901; with description of four new fossil species of Siphloplecton. Palaeodiversity 5:57-87 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74588 K. Szawaryn and W. Tomaszewska. 2020. The first fossil Sticholotidini ladybird beetle (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) reveals a transition zone through northern Europe during the Eocene. Papers in Palaeontology 6:651-659 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40498 J. Szwedo. 2006. A new genus Waghilde gen. nov. representing a new tribe of the planthopper family Achilidae from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Annales Zoologici 56:167-174 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47858 J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Baltic and Domican amber, with remarks on Salticidae subfamilies. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1761-1819 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47823 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the families Tetragnathidae and Zygiellidae n. stat. in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on higher extant and fossil taxa. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:899-955 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47824 J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extinct subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:956-997 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47826 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders of the family Anapidae s. l. (Araneae) in Baltic, Dominican and Mexican amber and their extant relatives, with the description of a new subfamily Comarominae. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1020-1111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47818 J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders (Araneae) of the superfamily Dysderoidea in Baltic and Dominican amber, with revised family diagnoses. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:633-746 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47839 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil Zoropsidae in Baltic amber with revised diagnoses of the family Zoropsidae and its fossil and extant higher taxa. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1489-1522 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47820 J. Wunderlich. 2004. On selected higher and lower taxa of fossil and extant spiders of the superfamily Oecobioidea, with a provisional Cladogram (Araneae: Hersiliidae and Oecobiidae). In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:809-848 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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