Bitterfeld amber (Krummer collection): Priabonian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Theridiidae
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Succinobertus adjacens
Wunderlich 2008
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Cyatholipidae
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Succinilipus abditus
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| no. 815 | ||||||||||
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Balticolipus kruemmeri
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| no. 4053 | ||||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Anapidae
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Balticoroma ernstorum
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Balticoroma gracilipes
Wunderlich 2004
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Wunderlich 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| no. 2537 | ||||||||||
| 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: private collection of Krümmer in Greifswald | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Saxonian amber | ||
| Database number: | 147608 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-07-10 04:53:36 | Last modified: | 2016-04-23 00:31:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-10 04:53:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] |