Bitterfeld amber (Grabenhorst collection): Priabonian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae
Wichardius fossiliphilus Mey 2019
Mey 2019 3 specimens
Grabenhorst Ld-35, Ld-48, Ld-64
Klausnitzerellus saxonicus Mey 2019
Mey 2019 2 specimens
Grabenhorst Ld-36, Ld-51
Insecta - Trichoptera - Leptoceridae
Electroadicella bitterfeldi Wichard 2013
Wichard 2013 1 specimen
Grohn 3292
Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Plectrocnemia paulseni n. sp. Wichard and Weitschat 1996
Wichard and Weitschat 1996 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Amelikertotes clypeata (Engel 2001)
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
Insecta - Hemiptera - Xylococcidae
Xylococcus grabenhorsti Koteja 2008
Koteja 2008 2 specimens
Grabenhorst Coc-11, Coc-18
Insecta - Hemiptera - Weitschatidae
Weitschatus stigmatus Koteja 2008
Koteja 2008 1 specimen
Grabenhorst Coc-41
Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae
Metoisops grabenhorsti n. sp. Herczek and Popov 2014
Herczek and Popov 2014 1 specimen
GPIH Grabenhorst Het-7 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Intercader saxonicus n. sp. Golub and Popov 2007
Golub and Popov 2007 1 specimen
GPIH 4601 (ex. Grabenhorst coll.) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae
Aradus grabenhorsti n. sp. Heiss 2013
Heiss 2013 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae
Archaea paradoxa Koch and Berendt 1854
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Saxonarchaea diabolica Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
Grabenhorst AR-76, AR-79
Arachnida - Araneae - Telemidae
? Telema moritzi Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
Grabenhorst AR-93, AR-98
Arachnida - Araneae - Anapidae
Balticoroma serafinorum Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
AR-26,AR-99
Balticoroma ernstorum Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-68
Ruganapis scutata Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2011 1 specimen
Grabenhorst Ar-170
Saxonanapis grabenhorsti n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Fossilanapis eichmanni n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Eichmann
Arachnida - Araneae - Nesticidae
Eopopino rudloffi n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-65
Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiosomatidae
Eotheridiosoma sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst
Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae
Mysmena groehni Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst
Arachnida - Araneae - Synotaxidae
Eosynotaxus bitterfeldensis n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-36
Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Graea bitterfeldensis n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
recombined as Eustaloides bitterfeldensis
Grabenhorst AR-56
Arachnida - Araneae - Cyatholipidae
Balticolipus kruemmeri Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-99
Succinilipus sp. Wunderlich 1993
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
At least one male and AR-98 (female)
Succinilipus saxoniensis n. sp. Wunderlich 1993
Wunderlich 1993 1 specimen
GPIH 3600 (coll. Kutscher)
Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Ulesanis parva n. sp. Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Eichmann AR-41
? Lasaeola informal sp. 2 Simon 1881
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-156
Lasaeola informal sp. 3 Simon 1881
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-164a
Lasaeola latisulci Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-87
Lasaeola bitterfeldensis n. sp. Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-102
Lasaeola infulata (Koch and Berendt 1854)
Wunderlich 2008 2 specimens
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-4, AR-155
Lasaeola communis Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-183
? Lasaeola sigillata n. sp. Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-164
Episinus longimanus (Koch and Berendt 1854)
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-85
Clya supercalefacta Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH H. Grabenhorst coll AR-94
Euryopis bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
GPIUH Grabenhorst AR-165
Arachnida - Araneae - Linyphiidae
Paralabulla bitterfeldensis n. gen., n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst
Arachnida - Araneae - Zoropsidae
Succiniropsis kutscheri Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
Grabenhorst AR-20
Arachnida - Araneae - Salticidae
Gorgopsina frenata (Koch and Berendt 1854)
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-44
Arachnida - Araneae - Liocranidae
Apostenus bigibber Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-40
Arachnida - Araneae - Thomisidae
Thomisiraptor sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2012 2 specimens
Grabenhorst Ar-159, 168
Arachnida - Araneae - Pholcidae
Paraspermophora sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
Grabenhorst; Eichmann 110
Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae
Orchestina (Baltorchestina) sp. Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2011 1 specimen
Grabenhorst Ar-172
Orchestina (Baltorchestina) bitterfeldensis n. sp. Wunderlich 2008
1 specimen
GPIUH H. Grabenhorst coll AR-167
Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata n. sp. Wunderlich 2011
Wunderlich 2011 1 specimen
replaced by Orchestina (Baltorchestina) angulata
Grabenhorst, no number
Orchestina (Baltorchestina) imperialis (Petrunkevitch 1963)
Wunderlich 2011 1 specimen
Grabenhorst, no number
Arachnida - Araneae - Dysderidae
Harpactea sp. Bristowe 1939
Wunderlich 2011 1 specimen
Grabenhorst Ar-66
Arachnida - Araneae - Segestriidae
Ariadna defuncta n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst
Arachnida - Araneae - Leptonetidae
Eoleptoneta curvata Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Grabenhorst AR-66
Arachnida - Acariformes - Smarididae
Fessonia grabenhorsti n. sp. Bartel et al. 2015
Bartel et al. 2015 5 specimens
Grabenhorst 208/HG, 9/HG, 40/HG, 41/HG, 116/HG
Fessonia wunderlichi Bartel et al. 2015
Bartel et al. 2015 2 specimens
Grabenhorst 37/HG, 194/HG
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:38.00000 - 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: Universität Göttingen (some earlier specimens donated to Geologisch-Paläontologische Institute, Universität Hamburg, GPIH/GPIUH)
Metadata
Also known as:Saxonian amber
Database number:147606
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-07-10 03:16:04 Last modified:2022-02-02 21:15:09
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-10 03:16:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

57520 C. Bartel, M. Konikiewicz, J. Makol, A. Wohltmann, and J. A. Dunlop. 2015. Smaridid mites in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber, with notes on the fossil record of terrestrial Parasitengona (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata). Annales Zoologici 65:641-659 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77877 M. S. Engel and S. R. Davis. 2021. New genera of melikertine bees with facial modifications in Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Melittology 103:1-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53881 V. B. Golub and Y. A. Popov. 2007. Intercader saxonicus sp. n., a new lace bug from Saxonian amber, and a discussion of the evolutional changes of the Tingidae fauna (Heteroptera) of Eurasia from the Eocene to Miocene. Euroasian Entomological Journal 6:223-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55455 E. Heiss. 2013. Erstnachweis von Rindenwanzen (Aradidae) in Bitterfelder Bernstein (Insecta, Heteroptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 45:741-753 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54508 A. Herczek and Y. A. Popov. 2014. Revision of the genus Metoisops (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) from late Eocene European amber. Zootaxa 3887:401-421 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54131 J. Koteja. 2008. Xylococcidae and related groups (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 49:19-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79462 W. Mey. 2019. Die Urmotten (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) des Bitterfelder Bernsteins: Beschreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 63:177-185 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51829 W. Wichard. 2013. Overview and Descriptions of Trichoptera in Baltic Amber: Spicipalpia and Integripalpia 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52451 W. Wichard and W. Weitschat. 1996. Wasserinsekten im Bernstein, eine paläobiologische Studie. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Löbbecke-Museum und Aquazoo Beiheft 4:1-122 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47607 J. Wunderlich. 1993. Die ersten fossilen Becherspinnen (Fam. Cyatholipidae) in Baltischem und Bitterfelder Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 75:231-241 [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
47830 J. Wunderlich. 2004. Remarks on the fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Nesticidae in amber, with the description of a new species in Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1240-1244 [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]
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]