Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Scatopsidae
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Procolobostema roseni
Amorim 1998
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Amorim 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| AMNH DR-6-43, DR-6-40 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Sciaridae
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Archicratyna arcana
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
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Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH DR-5-56 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Tephritidae
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Protortalotrypeta grimaldii n. gen., n. sp.
Norrbom 1994
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Norrbom 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Drosophilidae
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Miomyia io n. gen., n. sp.
Grimaldi 1987
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Grimaldi 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Ceratopogonidae
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Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp.
(Kieffer 1917)
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| AMNH DR-6-23, DR-6-42 | ||||||||||
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Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH DR-6-127 | ||||||||||
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Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) chrysosuccinea n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH DR-6-35 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH DR-6-42 | ||||||||||
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Brachypogon (Isohelea) dominicanus
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Tingidae
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Leptopharsa evsyunini n. sp.
Golub and Popov 2000
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| AMNH DR-10-44 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.0° North, 69.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.8° North, 68.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian - Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44 - 13.82 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yanigua | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Older dates for Dominican amber were Upper Eocene or Oligocene, but it is now dated as Miocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | amber |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,original chitin,amber |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125970 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-03-28 03:53:55 | Last modified: | 2022-12-03 19:08:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-28 03:53:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40924. | V. B. Golub and Y. A. Popov. 2000. New Cenozoic lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S290-S297 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 45131 | D. S. Amorim. 1998. Amber fossil Scatopsidae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha). I. Considerations on described taxa, Procolobostema roseni, new species, from Dominican Amber, and the position of Procolobostema in the family. American Museum Novitates 3227:1-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 5188 | ETE 900 | D. A. Grimaldi. 1987. Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa. American Museum Novitates 2880:1-23 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |
| 50726 | W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann. 2005. Sciarid flies from Dominican amber (Diptera, Sciaridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 55:319-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 5194 | ETE 906 | A. L. Norrbom. 1994. New genera of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Brazil and Dominican amber, with phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Ortalotrypetini. Insecta Mundi 8:1-15 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |
| 45712 | R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. IV. Species of the tribes Dasyheleini and Forcipomyiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 67:255-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 40392 | R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. III. Species of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 12:39-52 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham] |