La Pimienta, Simojovel (Mexican amber, CPAL-UAEM collection) (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 89.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Colección de Paleontología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (CPAL-UAEM)

Primary reference: F. Riquelme and M. Hernández-Patricio. 2018. The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber. Check List 14(4):637-646 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198592: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Chilognatha -
Polydesmida indet.
Polydesmida indet. Pocock 1887 millipede
CPAL.103, 113
 Scolopendromorpha - Cryptopidae
Cryptops sp.
Cryptops sp. Leach 1815 centipede
CPAL.115
Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Baetidae
Cloeon tzeltal n. sp.3
Cloeon tzeltal n. sp.3 Varela-Hernández et al. 2022 mayfly
CPAL.417, CPAL.402-416, 418-425
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Pheidole pauchil n. sp.2, Schismiscapus exstinctum n. gen. n. sp.4
Pheidole pauchil n. sp.2 Varela-Hernández and Riquelme 2021 ant
CPAL.401
Schismiscapus exstinctum n. gen. n. sp.4 Varela-Hernández et al. 2022 ant
CPAL.447, CPAL448.1-137
Arachnida
 Araneae - Salticidae
Salticinae indet.1, Marpissina indet.1
Salticinae indet.1 Blackwall 1841 spider
CPAL.10
Marpissina indet.1 Simon 1901 spider
CPAL.35
1Riquelme et al. 2021; 2Varela-Hernández and Riquelme 2021; 3Varela-Hernández et al. 2022; 4Varela-Hernández et al. 2022