Mexican amber, Campo La Granja (IHNFG collection): Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Schizopteridae
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Hypsotsijilia bretoni n. gen., n. sp.
Cifuentes-Ruiz and Brailovsky 2021
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| INHFG-5690, 5961, 5962, 5962, 5964, 5965, 5966 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Sesarmidae
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Sesarmidae indet.
Dana 1851
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Serrano-Sánchez et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Isopoda
- Detonidae
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Armadilloniscus miocaenicus n. sp.
Broly 2018
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Broly et al. 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| INHFG-4990, 4985 | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Isopoda
- Stenoniscidae
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Archeostenoniscus mexicanus n. sp.
Broly 2018
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Broly et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| INHFG-4996 | ||||||||||
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Archeostenoniscus robustus n. gen., n. sp.
Broly 2018
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Broly et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| INHFG-4988/A | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Isopoda
- Olibrinidae
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Palaeolibrinus spinicornis n. gen., n. sp.
Broly 2018
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Broly et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| INHFG-4984 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
| Coordinates: | 17.1° North, 92.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.7° North, 89.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | La Quinta | Member: | Finca Carmitto |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | amber |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,amber |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museo de Paleontología "Eliseo Palacios Aguilera", Secretaria de Medio Ambiente e Historia Natural (IHNFG), Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiapas amber | ||
| Database number: | 220432 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, J. Wolfe | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Wolfe | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2021-05-31 18:21:20 | Last modified: | 2021-05-31 18:21:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-05-31 18:21:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77025. | P. Cifuentes-Ruiz, H. Brailovsky, M. L. Serrano-Sánchez and F. J. Vega. 2021. First fossil Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 73(A170121) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 85388 | P. Broly, M. L. Serrano-Sánchez, and F. J. Vega. 2018. Diversity of the Crinocheta (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Early Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico. Revista Méxicana de Ciencias Geológicas 35:203-214 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 80299 | M. L. Serrano-Sánchez, G. Guerao, E. Centeno-García and F. J. Vega. 2016. Crabs (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Sesarmidae) as inclusions in Lower Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 68(1):37-43 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe] |