Kenyan copal (Holocene of Kenya)
Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.5° E)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Age given as Pliocene Kenyan amber, but "amber" from east Africa is almost certainly copal.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: amber
Reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: W. L. Krinsky. 1985. A Propalticus species in Kenyan amber (Coleoptera: Propalticidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39:101-102 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 169386: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.05.2015
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Insecta | |
Propalticus sp. Sharp 1879 beetle |