Baltic Amber (MNHN collection): Priabonian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Plecoptera
- Perlodidae
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Isoperla baltica n. sp.
Jouault et al. 2021
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Jouault et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN.F.A71350/BA4518 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cixiidae
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Balticixius insignis
(Germar and Berendt 1856)
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Lefebvre et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN-LP-R.55118 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Achilidae
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Angustachilus longirostris n. gen., n. sp.
Lefebvre et al. 2007
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Lefebvre et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BA 4502 | ||||||||||
Cixidia christinae n. gen., n. sp.
Lefebvre et al. 2007
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Lefebvre et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Protepiptera kaweckii | ||||||||||
BA 4455 | ||||||||||
Waghilde baltica n. gen., n. sp.
Szwedo 2006
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Szwedo 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN-LP-R.63856 (coll. Jacek Serafin AUF 061JS) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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Protobombus indecisus
Cockerell 1908
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Protobombus (Protobombus) indecisus | ||||||||||
MNHN | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Lepidoptera
- Eriocottidae
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Eocompsoctena macroptera n. gen., n. sp.
Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
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Ngô-Muller et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN.F.A71340 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Coccinellidae
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Electrolotis hoffeinsorum
Szawaryn and Tomaszewska 2020
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Szawaryn and Tomaszewska 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN F.A71312 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cleridae
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Orthrius succini n. sp.
Menier 1983
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Menier 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Berendtimiridae
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Jantarokrama utilis n. gen., n. sp.
Kirejtshuk and Kovalev 2015
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Kirejtshuk and Kovalev 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN A52062 ("283") (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Odonata
- Gomphaeschnidae
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Elektrogomphaeschna annekeae n. sp.
Pinkert et al. 2017
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Pinkert et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN.F.A58663 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Odonata
- Dysagrionidae
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Electrophenacolestes serafini n. gen., n. sp.
Nel and Arillo 2006
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Nel and Arillo 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN-LP-R.63880 (coll. Jacek Serafin) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Odonata
- Euphaeidae
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Wolfgangeuphaea ferweri n. gen., n. sp.
Nel 2020
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Ferwer and Nel 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN.F.A71315 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Heptageniidae
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Heptagenia ? bachofeni
Demoulin 1968
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Demoulin 1970 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Bursey 4548 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Metretopodidae
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Siphloplecton ? macrops
(Hagen 1856)
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Demoulin 1970 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Bursey coll 4690 | ||||||||||
= Siphloplecton informal sp. 4
Clemens 1915
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Staniczek and Godunko 2012 | |||||||||
Siphloplecton barabani
Staniczek and Godunko 2012
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Staniczek and Godunko 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Bursey 4486 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Siphloplecton jaegeri
Demoulin 1968
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Demoulin 1970 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Bursey coll 4672 (4486 is S. barabani) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Siphloplecton demoulini n. sp.
Staniczek and Godunko 2012
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Staniczek and Godunko 2012 | |||||||||
Siphloplecton jaegeri
Demoulin 1968
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Godunko et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN 4655 BA (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Syrphidae
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Eoxanthandrus garroustei n. gen., n. sp.
Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
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Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN.F.A71318 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Heleomyzidae
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Electroleria alacris
(Meunier 1904)
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Hennig 1969 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Nr. 102, 298 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Sciomyzidae
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Prophaeomyia loewi
Hennig 1965
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Hennig 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nr. 295 | ||||||||||
Prosalticella succini
Hennig 1965
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Hennig 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nr. 4508 | ||||||||||
Palaeoheteromyza investiganda n. sp.
Hennig 1969
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Hennig 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nr. 4497 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Clusiidae
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Electroclusiodes radiospinosa n. sp.
Hennig 1969
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Hennig 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nr. 327 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Chyromyidae
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Gephyromyiella electrica
Hennig 1965
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Hennig 1969 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nr. 4661 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Rhagionidae
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Symphoromyia clerci n. sp.
Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020
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Ngô-Muller and Nel 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN.F.A71322 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Keroplatidae
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Kelneria setosa n. gen., n. sp.
Matile 1979
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Matile 1979 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Nr. 4666, 4404 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Dysderidae
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Dasumia subita n. sp.
Petrunkevitch 1958
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Petrunkevitch 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Dasumiana subita | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Oonopidae
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Orchestina sp.
Smith 1882
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
No. 463 syninclusion | ||||||||||
Orchestina baltica
Petrunkevitch 1942
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Petrunkevitch 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Segestriidae
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Segestria elongata
Koch and Berendt 1854
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Petrunkevitch 1958 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Segestria | ||||||||||
Segestria tomentosa
Koch and Berendt 1854
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
No. 463 | ||||||||||
Segestria succinei n. sp.
Berland 1939
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Berland 1939 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
1920-11 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Zoropsidae
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Eomatachia cf. latifrons
Petrunkevitch 1942
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
MNHN 4562, 7141 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Uloboridae
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Eomiagrammopes maior
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN 511 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Araneidae
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Palaeonephila sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN 4446 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Tetragnathidae
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Corneometa pilosipes n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN 482 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Anapidae
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Balticoroma serafinorum
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Oecobiidae
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Mizalia sp.
Koch and Berendt 1854
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MNHN 4567 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Oxyopidae
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Oxyopes succini n. sp.
Petrunkevitch 1958
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Petrunkevitch 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Zodariidae
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Adjutor deformis n. sp.
Petrunkevitch 1958
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Petrunkevitch 1958 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Phrurolithidae
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Eomazax pulcher
Petrunkevitch 1958
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Pal. Mus. Paris no. 4447 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Philodromidae
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Ablator triguttatus
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PIParis no. 549 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Salticidae
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Gorgopsidis sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
MNHN 557, 4626 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Pseudoscorpiones
- Neobisiidae
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Neobisium henderickxi n. sp.
Judson 2003
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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] | |
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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] | |
47849 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Corinnidae in Baltic and Dominican amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1636-1680 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
47821 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Uloboridae (Araneae) in Baltic and Dominican amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:851-886 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |