Baltic Amber, Humboldt University MfN Collection: Priabonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Neuroptera - Berothidae
Elektroberotha groehni Makarkin and Ohl 2015
Makarkin and Ohl 2015 1 specimen
MfN MB.I.6021 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Balticeler kerneggeri Schmidt and Maddison 2021
Schmidt et al. 2021 1 specimen
MfN MB.I.8614 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Dermestes (Dermestes) progenitor n. sp. Zhantiev 2006
Zhantiev 2006 1 specimen
MfN 849 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Nothorhina granulicollis (Zang 1905)
Dunlop et al. 2013 2 specimens
MB.A.1879, 1900
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cleridae
Pseudopallenis nejistota n. sp. Kolibáč 1997
Kolibáč 1997 1 specimen
MfN MB.J.460 (1 measurement)
Pseudopallenis baltica (Crowson 1964)
Kolibáč 1997 1 specimen
MfN MB.J.522 (coll. Isenheim) (1 measurement)
Thanasimodes jantar n. sp. Kolibáč 1997
Kolibáč 1997 1 specimen
MfN MB.J.496 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Throscidae
Aulonothroscus sp. Horn 1890
4 specimens
MB.I.554, 560, 564, 589
Pactopus fafneri n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.595 (1 measurement)
Pactopus fasolti Muona 1993
6 specimens
MB.I.588, 556, 565, 583, 590, 602 (2 measurements)
Trixagus sp. Kugelann 1794
2 specimens
MB.I.553, 599
Potergus logei n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.555 (1 measurement)
Potergus frohi n. sp. Muona 1993
2 specimens
MB.I.605, 570 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Eucnemidae
Poecilochrus sp. de Bonvouloir 1871
1 specimen
MB.I.607 (1 measurement)
Dyscharachthis woglindae n. sp. Muona 1993
2 specimens
MB.I.572, 586 (1 measurement)
Dyscharachthis freiae n. sp. Muona 1993
2 specimens
MB.I.580, 576 (1 measurement)
Arisus sp. de Bonvouloir 1871
1 specimen
MB.I.573 (1 measurement)
Sieglindea siegmundi n. gen., n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.568 (1 measurement)
Hylis frickae n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.587 (1 measurement)
? Xylophilus sp. Mannerheim 1823
1 specimen
MB.I.596 (1 measurement)
Balistica sp. Motschulsky 1861
1 specimen
MB.I.598 (1 measurement)
Balistica mimae n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.578 (1 measurement)
Rhagomicrus sp. Fleutiaux 1902
2 specimens
MB.I.584, 585 (2 measurements)
Microrhagus sp. Dejean 1833
3 specimens
MB.I.562, 581, 591 (3 measurements)
Macraulacini indet. Fleutiaux 1923
1 specimen
MB.I.577 (?Dromaeolus/Thambus sp.)
Fornax sp. Laporte 1835
2 specimens
MB.I.575, 592 (2 measurements)
Dromaeolus sp. Kiesenwetter 1858
1 specimen
MB.I.594 (1 measurement)
Asiocnemis sp. Mamaev 1976
1 specimen
MB.I.569 (1 measurement)
Ceratus wotani n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.582 (1 measurement)
Spinifornax donneri n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.566 (1 measurement)
Hemiopsida sp. Macleay 1872
1 specimen
MB.I.597 (1 measurement)
Euryptychus brunhildae n. sp. Muona 1993
2 specimens
MB.I.604, 606 (1 measurement)
Erdaia sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.579 (1 measurement)
Erdaia hageni n. gen., n. sp. Muona 1993
1 specimen
MB.I.601 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae
Archeofulvius singularis n. gen., n. sp. Carvalho 1966
Carvalho 1966 4 specimens
synonym of Archeofulvius gulosus
Unnumbered holotype and allotype; paratypes no. 216, 217 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Phasmatodea - Archipseudophasmatidae
Pseudoperla sleipnir n. sp. Zompro 2004
Zompro 2004 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Dvergrphasma fafnir n. gen., n. sp. Zompro 2005
Zompro 2005 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) meunieri (Alexander 1931)
Kania 2014 1 specimen
No. 10
Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Ascidae
? Ascidae indet. Voigt and Oudemans 1905
Dunlop et al. 2013 1 specimen
MB.A.1879
Arachnida - Parasitiformes
? Microgynioidea indet. Tragardh 1942
Dunlop et al. 2013 1 specimen
MB.A.1900
Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Urodinychidae
? Uroobovella sp. Berlese 1903
Dunlop et al. 2013 45 specimens
MB.A.1879, 1900 (count estimated)
Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Episinus balticus Marusik and Penney 2004
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Mysmenidae
Mysmena groehni n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Anapidae
Balticoroma ernstorum Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 3 specimens
Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae
Scopulyna cursor n. gen., n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Leptonetidae
Eoleptoneta kutscheri Wunderlich 1991
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
MB.A.558
Arachnida - Opiliones
Baltonychia obscura n. gen., n. sp. Bartel et al. 2022
Bartel et al. 2022 1 specimen
MfN MB.A.4453 (formerly Damzen JDC11158)
Piankhi steineri n. gen., n. sp. Dunlop et al. 2012
Dunlop et al. 2012 1 specimen
MfN MB.A.1878
Arachnida - Opiliones - Phalangiidae
Lacinius bizleyi Mitov et al. 2015
Mitov et al. 2015 1 specimen
MB.A.2815
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kaliningrad
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.9° North, 15.2° East
Geographic resolution:local area
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: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens at the Palaeontological Institute of the Humboldt Museum fur Naturkunde (University of Berlin)
Metadata
Also known as:Paleontological Institute, Humboldt Univ Berlin
Database number:147612
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-07-10 06:36:05 Last modified:2015-03-25 18:06:39
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-10 06:36:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
50950. J. Muona. 1993. Eucnemidae and Throscidae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera). Entomologische Blatter 89:15-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

83654 C. Bartel, S. Derkarabetian, and J. A. Dunlop. 2022. A new species of Laniatores (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Eocene Baltic amber with notes on the evolution of Insidiatores. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 64:46-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
11226ETE J. C. M. Carvalho. 1966. A new fossil genus and species of Miridae from the Baltic amber (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 26:199-201 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
50306 J. A. Dunlop, C. Bartel, and P. G. Mitov. 2012. An enigmatic spiny harvestman from Baltic amber. Fossil Record 15:91-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53274 J. A. Dunlop, J. Kontschán, and M. Zwanzig. 2013. Fossil mesostigmatid mites (Mesostigmata: Gamasina, Microgyniina, Uropodina), associated with longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Baltic amber. Naturwissenschaften 100:337-344 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50559 I. Kania. 2014. Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene): the genus Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170:748-778 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54929 J. Kolibáč. 1997. Classification of the subfamilies of Cleridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Naturales 81:307-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56023 V. N. Makarkin and M. Ohl. 2015. An important new fossil genus of Berothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3946:401-415 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53772 P. G. Mitov, J. A. Dunlop, and D. Penney. 2015. A new species of Lacinius in amber (Arachnida: Opiliones). Fossil Record 18:37-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77077 J. Schmidt, S. Scholz, and D. R. Maddison. 2021. Balticeler kerneggeri gen. nov., sp. nov., an enigmatic Baltic amber fossil of the ground beetle subfamily Trechinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68:207-224 [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
78129 O. Zompro. 2004. Revision of the genera of the Areolatae, including the status of Timema and Agathemera (Insecta, Phasmatodea). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 37:1-327 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50352 O. Zompro. 2005. Inter- and intra-ordinal relationships of the Mantophasmatodea, with comments on the phylogeny of polyneopteran orders (Insecta: Polyneoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89:85-116 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]