Bitterfeld amber (Wunderlich collection): Priabonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Oxyopidae
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Oxyopidae indet.
Thorell 1870
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F720/BB/AR/OXY/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Dictynidae
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Chelicirrum stridulans
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F790/BB/AR/DIC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Mastigusa bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F748/BB/AR/DIC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Mastigusa magnibulbus n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F747/BB/AR/DIC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Hahniidae
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Eohahnia succini
Petrunkevitch 1958
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Wunderlich 2004 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| F731,F732(x8)/BB/AR/DIC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Eocryphoeca bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F835/BB/AR/DIC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Cymbiohahnia parens
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
| F740-F742,F744,F743(x8)/BB/AR/DIC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Theridiidae
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Episinus longimanus
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F1428, F1430/CJW | ||||||||||
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Episinus balticus
Marusik and Penney 2004
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1459/BB/AR/THE/CJW | ||||||||||
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Lasaeola latisulci
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F1497, F1498/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Lasaeola infulata
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1561/CJW | ||||||||||
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Lasaeola communis
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1483/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Ulesanis ovalis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1805/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Hirsutipalpus varipes
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1785/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Spinitharinus cheliceratus
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1746/BB/AR/THE/CJW | ||||||||||
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Spinitharinus bulbosus
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1420/BB/AR/THE/CJW | ||||||||||
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Euryopis bitterfeldensis
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F1558, F1559/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Eomysmena sp.
Petrunkevitch 1942
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1700/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Kochiuridion pecten
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1823/BB/AR/BJW | ||||||||||
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Clya tricurvata
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1612/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Clya obscura
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1589/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Mysmenidae
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Mysmena groehni
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Synotaxidae
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Chelicerinus abnormis n. gen., n. sp.
Wunderlich 2008
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1414/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Succinitaxus brevis
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1024/BB/AR/SYN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Cornuanandrus bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1030/BB/AR/SYN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Theridiosomatidae
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Eotheridiosoma sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F404,F406,F407/CJW | ||||||||||
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Eotheridiosoma tuber n. gen., n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F402/BB/AR/THR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Spinitheridiosoma bispinosum n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F403/BB/AR/THR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Cyatholipidae
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Spinilipus bispinosus
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| F1087,F1097,F1098,F1100,F1104/BB/AR/CYA/CJW | ||||||||||
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Spinilipus curvatus n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| F1088,F1096,F1102/BB/AR/CYA/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Anapidae
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Fossilanapis sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F2250/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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? Fossilanapis sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F996/BB/AR/ANA/CJW | ||||||||||
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Balticonopsis ludwigi n. sp.
Wunderlich 2017
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Wunderlich 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F2869/BI/CJW | ||||||||||
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Flagellanapis voigti n. gen., n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| F986, F1003, F1004, F1005/BB/AR/ANA/CJW | ||||||||||
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Balticoroma serafinorum
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Ruganapis scutata
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F2247/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Araneidae
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Graea breviembolus n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Eustaloides breviembolus | ||||||||||
| F551/BB/AR/ZYG/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Protheridiidae
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Protheridion bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F250/BB/AR/PRO/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Linyphiidae
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Paralabulla sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F2301/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Custodela sp.
Petrunkevitch 1942
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F18/BB/AR/LIN/CJW (near stridulans) | ||||||||||
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? Custodela sp.
Petrunkevitch 1942
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F8, F9/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Custodela stridulans n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F19/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Custodela femurspinosa n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F32/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Custodela bispinosa n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F413/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Custodela pseudokochi
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F186/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Custodela bispina n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F424/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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? Custodela parva n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Custodela curvata n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F426/BB/AR/LIN/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Zoropsidae
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Eomatachiini informal indet. 1
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F63/BB/AR/ZOR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Philodromidae
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Ablator triguttatus
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Liocranidae
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Apostenus spinimanus
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F707/BB/AR/LIO/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Salticidae
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Almolinus bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F307/BB/AR/SAL/JCW | ||||||||||
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Gorgopsina frenata
(Koch and Berendt 1854)
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F287/BB/AR/SAL/JCW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Archaeidae
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Saxonarchaea diabolica n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F556/BB/AR/ARC/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Spatiatoridae
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Spatiator bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2017
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Wunderlich 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F2864/BI/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Leptonetidae
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Eoleptoneta kutscheri n. gen., n. sp.
Wunderlich 1991
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Pholcidae
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Paraspermophora sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F449/BB/AR/PHO/CJW | ||||||||||
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Paraspermophora bitterfeldensis n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F367/BB/AR/PHO/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Scytodidae
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? Scytodidae informal indet. 1
Blackwall 1864
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Wunderlich 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F36,F174/BB/AR/?SCY/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Dysderidae
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Harpactea sp.
Bristowe 1939
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F531/BB/AR/DYS/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Segestriidae
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Vetsegestria quinquespinosa
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F522/BB/AR/SEG/CJW | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Oonopidae
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Orchestina (Baltorchestina) imperialis
(Petrunkevitch 1963)
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Wunderlich 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| F1868, F1869/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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Orchestina (Baltorchestina) cochlembolus
(Wunderlich 1981)
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Wunderlich 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F1873/BB/AR/CJW | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Anameta distenda n. gen., n. sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| F39/BB/AR/TET/CJW | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Halle |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 12.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.4° North, 8.0° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Bitterfeld amber occurs in the "Bernsteinschluff" Horizon, i.e. a part of the Upper "Bitterfelder Glimmersand" in the upper part of the Cottbus Formation. Detailed biostratigraphic investigations favor an uppermost Chattian age for the unit. Originally assigned a Miocene age, and then thought to be redeposited Baltic amber. The chemical composition of Bitterfeld amber is distinct from true Baltic amber (e.g., Sodhi et al., 2013). Hydrogen isotopes indicate that Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers have distinct geographic sources, but carbon isotopes and insects suggest Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers are coeval in age (Wolfe et al., 2016). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified 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 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: collection of Jorg Wunderlich | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Saxonian amber | ||
| Database number: | 147604 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-07-10 02:57:42 | Last modified: | 2016-04-23 00:31:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-10 02:57:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47660. | J. Wunderlich. 1991. Beschreibung der ersten fossilen Spinne der Familie Leptonetidae: Eoleptona kutscheri n. gen., n. sp. in Sächsischem Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 101:21-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 47843 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Oxyopidae in Baltic and Dominican amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1554-1556 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47828 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Cyatholipidae in Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1155-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47819 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil and extant spiders (Araneae) of the superfamily Eresoidea s.l., with special reference to the Archaeidae and remarks on some higher taxa of the superfamily Araneoidea. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:747-808 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47848 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders of the family Liocranidae in Baltic and Dominican amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1623-1635 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47829 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Synotaxidae in Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1189-1239 [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 47834 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders of the family Linyphiidae in Baltic and Dominican amber (Araneae: Linyphiidae). In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1298-1373 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47825 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil Theridiosomatidae (Araneae) in Baltic and Dominican amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:998-1019 [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] | |
| 47837 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Dictynidae s. l., including Cryphoecinae and Hahniinae in Baltic and Dominican amber and copal from Madagascar, and on selected extant Holarctic taxa, with new descriptions and diagnoses. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1380-1482 [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 47827 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. On the relationships of the families of the superfamily Araneoidea (Araneae) and their kin, with cladograms, remarks on the origin of the orb web and description of the new and extinct families Baltsuccinidae and Protheridiidae in Tertiary Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1112-1154 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47530 | J. Wunderlich. 2008. Descriptions of fossil spider (Araneae) taxa mainly in Baltic amber, as well as on certain related extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5:44-139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47531 | J. Wunderlich. 2008. On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5:140-469 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47712 | J. Wunderlich. 2011. Some fossil spiders (Araneae) in Eocene European ambers. Beiträge zur Araneologie 6:472-538 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47716 | J. Wunderlich. 2012. New fossil spiders (Araneae) of eight families in Eocene Baltic amber, and revisions of selected taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 7:94-149 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 67623 | J. Wunderlich. 2017. New fossil spiders of three families in Eocene Baltic and Bitterfeld amber, with notes on phylogeny and relationships of the Zoropsidae (Araneae: Anapidae, Spatiatoridae and Zoropsidae). Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:14-47 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |