Charentese Amber, Fouras: Early Cenomanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis n. sp. Perrichot et al. 2007
Perrichot et al. 2007 2 specimens
MNHN FRS 4.4, 4.3 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sclerogibbidae
Gallosclerogibba alnensis n. gen., n. sp. Perrichot et al. 2020
Perkovsky et al. 2020 1 specimen
IGR.FRS-7.27 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Bethylidae indet. Forster 1856
Cockx et al. 2016 1 specimen
IGR.FRS-7.34a
Nucifrangibulum carentonensis n. gen., n. sp. Cockx et al. 2016
Cockx et al. 2016 1 specimen
IGR.FRS-7.28a
Insecta - Coleoptera - Melyridae
Protodasytes cretaceus n. gen., n. sp. Tihelka et al. 2021
Tihelka et al. 2021 1 specimen
IGR.FRS-7.2 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Thanerocleridae
Mesozenodosus insularis n. gen., n. sp. Tihelka et al. 2020
Tihelka et al. 2020 1 specimen
IGR.FRS-7.6 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae
Cretamerus vulloi n. gen., n. sp. Peris et al. 2014
1 specimen
IGR.FRS-5.1 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Chimeromyiidae
Chimeromyia vulloi n. sp. Jouault et al. 2020
Jouault et al. 2020 1 specimen
IGR.FRS-16 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes County:Charentes-Maritime
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 1.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5
Key time interval: Early Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: In lithological subunit B2ms
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: "very shallow environment, in a coastal estuarine context"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Department and Museum of the University of Rennes 1,
Metadata
Also known as:Bois-Vert
Database number:161514
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-09-07 10:00:52 Last modified:2024-03-23 00:10:48
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-07 10:00:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52620. D. Peris, J. Kolibáč, and X. Delclòs. 2014. Cretamerus vulloi gen. et sp. nov., the oldest bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from Cretaceous amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12:879-891 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60095 P. F. D. Cockx, R. C. McKellar, and V. Perrichot. 2016. First records of the subfamilies Bethylinae (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) and Cleptinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in Upper Cretaceous amber from France. Cretaceous Research 68:1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
74503 C. Jouault, M. M. Solórzano-Kraemer, and V. Perrichot. 2020. New eremoneuran flies (Diptera: Eremoneura) from Cretaceous Charentese amber. Palaeoentomology 3:492-499 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73237 E. E. Perkovsky, K. V. Martynova, T. Mita, M. Olmi, Y. Zheng, P. Müller, Q. Zhang, F. Gantier, and V. Perrichot. 2020. A golden age for ectoparasitoids of Embiodea: Cretaceous Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from Kachin (Myanmar), Charentes (France) and Choshi (Japan) ambers. Gondwana Research 87:1-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44281 V. Perrichot, A. Nel, D. Néraudeau, S. Lacau, and T. Guyot. 2007. New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 95:91-97 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
83664 E. Tihelka, G. M. Cheng, D. Y. Huang, V. Perrichot, and C. Y. Cai. 2020. First thaneroclerid beetle from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Thanerocleridae). Palaeoentomology 3:390-398 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78355 E. Tihelka, D. Y. Huang, V. Perrichot and C. Y. Cai. 2021. A previously missing link in the evolution of dasytine soft-winged flower beetles from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera, Melyridae). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1753-1764 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]