UCMP B-7461, Pa-Buchil, Simojovel region: Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Oeclixius amphion n. gen., n. sp. Fennah 1963
Fennah 1963 1 specimen
UCMP 13057 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Psocodea - Archipsocidae
Archipsocus (Archipsocus) sp. Hagen 1882
Mockford 1969 1 specimen
UCMP 13071
Archipsocus (Archipsocopsis) antiguus Mockford 1969
Mockford 1969 1 specimen
recombined as Archipsocopsis antigua
UCMP 13072 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Micromalthidae
Micromalthus debilis LeConte 1878
Rozen 1971 3 specimens
UCMP 13038, 13039, 13040
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Psychoda usitata n. sp. Quate 1963
1 specimen
recombined as Philosepedon usitata
UCMP 13076
Trichomyia mecocerca n. sp. Quate 1963
1 specimen
UCMP 13074
Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Scatopse primula Cook 1971
Cook 1971 2 specimens
UCMP 13088, 13089
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Entomobryidae
Entomobrya sp. Rondani 1861
Christiansen 1971 1 specimen
UCMP 13046
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae
Isotomurus retardatus Folsom 1937
Christiansen 1971 1 specimen
UCMP 13054
Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae
Orchestina mortua Petrunkevitch 1971
Petrunkevitch 1971 1 specimen
UCMP 13068
Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Mirometa valdespinosa n. gen., n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1963
Petrunkevitch 1963 1 specimen
UCMP 13036
Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae
Fictotama extincta n. gen., n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1963
Petrunkevitch 1963 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Hersiliidae
UCMP 13035
Arachnida - Acariformes - Oppiidae
Oppia hurdi n. sp. Woolley 1971
Woolley 1971 2 specimens
UCMP 13044, 13045
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Chiapas
Coordinates: 17.2° North, 92.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° North, 89.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collection method comments: Specimens in UC Museum of Paleontlogy, Berkeley
Metadata
Also known as:Chiapas amber
Database number:124471
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-16 08:05:54 Last modified:2014-04-28 18:25:44
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-16 08:05:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5111.ETE 823L. W. Quate. 1963. Fossil Psychodidae in Mexican amber, part 2 (Diptera: Insecta). Journal of Paleontology 37(1):110-118 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

45295 K. Christiansen. 1971. Notes on Miocene amber Collembola from Chiapas. University of California Publications in Entomology 63:45-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45291 E. F. Cook. 1971. Fossil Scatopsidae in Mexican amber (Diptera: Insecta). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:57-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51712 R. G. Fennah. 1963. New fossil fulgoroid Homoptera from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:43-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5101ETE 813E. L. Mockford. 1969. Fossil insects of the Order Psocoptera from Tertiary amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1267-1273 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5105ETE 817A. Petrunkevitch. 1963. Chiapas amber spiders. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:1-40 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5106ETE 818A. Petrunkevitch. 1971. Chiapas amber spiders, II. University of California Publications in Entomology 63:1-44 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5872ETE 1638J. G. Rozen. 1971. Micromalthus debilis LeConte from amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:75-76 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]
9420 T. A. Woolley. 1971. Fossil oribatid mites in amber from Chiapas, Mexico (Acarina : Oribatei = Cryptostigmata). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:91-99 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/A. Kinchloe]