Anglesea amber: Bartonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Chironomidae
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Podonominae indet.
Thienemann and Edwards 1837
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Blake et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NMV P344672 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Ceratopogonidae
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
| NMV P344129, 344135, 344130, 344131 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| NMV P344136 | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| NMV P344134 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 144.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.5° South, 157.8° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Eastern View | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Anglesea Coal Measures, recovered from the "A Group Coal Seam" in the Eastern View Group. Late middle Eocene (~42-40 Ma; middle Nothofagidites asperus Zone according to Stilwell et al. 2020; Holdgate et al. 2001 assign to top of lower Nothofagidites asperus Zone). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | amber |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museums Victoria (NMV) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 224365 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2022-02-21 19:33:55 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-02-21 19:33:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 80116. | E. Peñalver, A. Arillo Aranda, R. Szadziewski and J. D. Stilwell. 2021. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the middle Eocene Anglesea amber (Australia) originated in a subpolar greenhouse Earth. Historical Biology 34:425-435 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 89813 | M. Blake, E. Peñalver, J. D. Stilwell, J. J. Bevitt, and D. J. Bickel. 2024. First Australian amber fossil of Podonominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the late Middle Eocene. Alcheringa 48:513-521 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |