Dominican amber (Ballerio coll): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hybosoridae
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Germarostes informal sp. A
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Germarostes informal sp. B
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1 specimen | ||||||
| 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 |
| Stage: | Burdigalian - Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44 - 13.82 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones. | |||||
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: Alberto Ballerio personal collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 186640 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2017-06-28 21:22:28 | Last modified: | 2017-06-28 21:22:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-06-28 21:22:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62589. | G. Poinar and A. Ballerio. 2017. Remarks on some Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) in Dominican amber. Zootaxa 4286:125-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |