Dominican amber (KU coll): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Araneidae
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Molinaranea mitnickii n. sp.
Saupe et al. 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DR-018 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.6° North, 70.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 69.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 13.82000 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: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Amber Fossil Collection, University of Kansas Natural History Museum KU-NHM-ENT | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124927 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Delelli, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-02-29 04:53:30 | Last modified: | 2014-04-28 18:25:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-01 04:53:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47395. | E. E. Saupe, P. A. Selden, and D. Penney. 2010. First fossil Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Araneae: Araneidae), from middle Miocene Dominican amber, with a phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical analysis of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158:711-725 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |