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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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Laemophloeidae
Propalticus sp. Sharp 1879 beetle