Baltic Amber, Poinar collection: Priabonian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Enoplea
- Rhabditida
- Aphelenchoididae
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Palaeoaphelenchoides balticus n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | |||||||||
N-3-80 ("several hundred") | ||||||||||
Enoplea
- Rhabditida
- Allantonematidae
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Palaeoallantonema baltica n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 92 specimens | ||||||||
Poinar N-3-37 | ||||||||||
Palaeoallantonema zygopinae n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Poinar N-3-106 | ||||||||||
Howardula helenoschini n. sp.
Poinar 2003
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Poinar 2003 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Enoplea
- Rhabditida
- Sphaerulariidae
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Tripius balticus n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Poinar N-3-67 | ||||||||||
Enoplea
- Rhabditida
- Filariidae
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Cascofilaria baltica n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Sy-1-172 | ||||||||||
Enoplea
- Rhabditida
- Rhabditidae
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Palaeorhabditis balticus n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | |||||||||
Poinar N-3-81 ("several hundred") | ||||||||||
Psychodorhabditis balticus n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Poinar N-3-74 | ||||||||||
Tipulacomis balticus n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Poinar N-3-70 | ||||||||||
Enoplea
- Mermithida
- Mermithidae
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Heydenius podenasae n. sp.
Poinar 2012
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Poinar 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
N-3-114 | ||||||||||
Heydenius cecidomyae n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
N-3-53 | ||||||||||
Heydenius brownii n. sp.
Poinar 2001
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Poinar 2001 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
N-3-51 | ||||||||||
Heydenius sciarophilus n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
N-3-46 (x2), 59, 15B, 84 (x4), 85 (x5) | ||||||||||
Heydenius quadristriatus
(Menge 1872)
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Poinar 2011 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
N-3-15A,B,C | ||||||||||
Heydenius formicinus n. sp.
Poinar 2002
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Poinar 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
N-3-52; N-3-69 in Poinar 2011 | ||||||||||
Heydenius matutinus
(Menge 1866)
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Poinar 2011 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
N-3-15A,C,E, 35A,B, 54A,B, 56A,B, 76 | ||||||||||
Heydenius simulphilus n. sp.
Poinar and Currie 2020
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Poinar and Currie 2020 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Poinar D-B-10-27A, B | ||||||||||
Enoplea
- Mermithida
- Tetradonematidae
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Palaeotetradonema sciarae n. sp.
Poinar 2011
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Poinar 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
N-3-62 | ||||||||||
Myriapoda
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Succinipatopsis balticus n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2000
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Chilopoda | ||||||||||
ON-1-1 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Simuliidae
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Greniera affinis
(Meunier 1904)
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Poinar and Currie 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Poinar D-B-10-27 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Phoridae
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Triphleba sp.
Rondani 1856
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Poinar 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Acroceridae
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Eulonchiella eocenica
Meunier 1912
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Gillung and Winterton 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
DB 10-12 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Psychodidae
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Macrochile spectrum
Loew 1850
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Poinar and Brown 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Poinar D-7-230 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Megalyridae
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Megalyra baltica n. sp.
Poinar and Shaw 2007
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Poinar and Shaw 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
H-10-187 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Pompilidae
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Paleogenia wahisi n. gen., n. sp.
Waichert and Pitts 2016
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Rodriguez et al. 2016 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
OSAC Hy-10-80a-e (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Vespidae
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Palaeovespa socialis n. sp.
Poinar 2005
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Poinar 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
H-10-175 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Prenolepis henschei
Mayr 1868
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Poinar 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Associated with Heydenius formicinus N-3-52 | ||||||||||
Lasius sp.
Fabricius 1805
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Poinar and Miller 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Poinar S-1-149 (probably L. schiefferdeckeri) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Braconidae
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Neoneurinae indet.
(Bengtsson 1918)
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Poinar and Miller 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Neoneurini | ||||||||||
Poinar S-1-149 (parasitoid larva) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Trigonalidae
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Eotrigonalis balticus n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2005
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Poinar 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Hy-10-180 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Strepsiptera
- Myrmecolacidae
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Stylops neotropicallis n. sp.
Kogan and Poinar 2010
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Kogan et al. 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Palaeomyrmecolax neotropicallis | ||||||||||
Poinar D-1-11 (actually from Baltic amber, not Dominican; Kogan et al., 2015) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Palaeomyrmecolax aff. succineus
Kulicka 2001
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Kogan et al. 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Poinar BSt1-3a (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cantharidae
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Rhagonycha sucinobaltica n. sp.
Poinar and Fanti 2016
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Poinar and Fanti 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) sucinobaltica | ||||||||||
Poinar C-202 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Cacomorphocerus endecacerus n. sp.
Poinar and Fanti 2019
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Poinar and Fanti 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Poinar C-7-231 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Nitidulidae
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Omositoidea pubescens n. sp.
Kirejtshuk and Poinar 2007
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Kirejtshuk and Poinar 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
C-7-392 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Anthribidae
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Glaesotropis (Glaesotropis) weitschati
(Gratshev and Zherikhin 1995)
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Legalov and Poinar 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PACO #5 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Belidae
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Succinometrioxena attenuata n. sp.
Legalov and Poinar 2020
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Legalov and Poinar 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PACO #7 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Archaeosciaphilus gyrommatus n. sp.
Legalov and Poinar 2021
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Legalov and Poinar 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Poinar Cu 6 | ||||||||||
Electrotribus theryi
Hustache 1942
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Legalov and Poinar 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PACO #2 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Caulophilus sucinopunctatus
(Kuska 1992)
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Legalov and Poinar 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PACO #9 | ||||||||||
Synommatodes patruelis
(Voss 1953)
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Legalov and Poinar 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PACO #1 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Palaeosoma balticus n. gen., n. sp.
Poinar 2003
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Poinar 2003 | |||||||||
nomen vanum belonging to Pseudofossil | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Russian Federation | State/province: | Kaliningrad |
Coordinates: | 54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 53.9° North, 15.2° East | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | amber |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,amber |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float) |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Specimens in collection of George Poinar at Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis. |
Metadata
Database number: | 125139 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham, P. Wagner | Enterer: | A. Noshirvan, S. Tweedt, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2012-03-05 11:44:27 | Last modified: | 2015-03-25 17:46:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-05 11:44:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
40638. | G. Poinar. 2000. Fossil onychophorans from Dominican and Baltic amber: Tertiapatus dominicanus n. g., n. sp. (Tertiapatidae n. fam.) and Succinipatopsis balticus n. g., n. sp. (Succinipatopsidae n. fam.) with a proposed classification of the subphylum Onychophora. Invertebrate Biology 119:104-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
45432 | J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton. 2011. New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera. ZooKeys 127:15-27 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
45474 | A. G. Kirejtshuk and G. Poinar. 2007. Species of two paleoendemic sap beetle genera of the tribe Nitidulini (Nitidulidae: Coleoptera) from the Baltic and Dominican amber. Paleontological Journal 41:629-641 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
55683 | M. Kogan, G. Poinar, and J. L. Cook. 2015. A case of mistaken identification of an amber fossil male strepsipteran (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Historical Biology 27:1062-1069 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
72962 | A. A. Legalov and G. O. Poinar. 2020. Two new species and new findings of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Baltic amber. Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 10:357-364 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
82929 | A. A. Legalov and G. Poinar. 2021. A new species of the genus Archaeosciaphilus Legalov, 2012 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with a list of Entiminae weevils described from Baltic amber. Historical Biology 34:2218-2223 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
54966 | G. Poinar. 2002. First fossil record of nematode parasitism of ants; a 40 million year tale. Parasitology 125:457-459 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
33073 | G. Poinar. 2003. A rhabdocoel turbellarian (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida) in Baltic amber with a review of fossil and sub-fossil platyhelminths. Invertebrate Biology 122(4):308-312 [P. Wagner/S. Tweedt] | |
54967 | G. Poinar. 2003. Fossil evidence of phorid parasitism (Diptera: Phoridae) by allantonematid nematodes (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae). Parasitology 127:589-592 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
48674 | G. Poinar. 2005. Fossil Trigonalidae and Vespidae (Hymenoptera) in Baltic amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107:55-63 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
56363 | G. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2006. The enigmatic Dacochile microsoma Poinar & Brown: Tanyderidae or Bruchomyiinae?. Zootaxa 1162:19-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
59310 | G. Poinar and F. Fanti. 2016. New fossil soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Burmese, Baltic and Dominican amber. Palaeodiversity 9:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
70067 | G. Poinar and F. Fanti. 2019. A new fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) of the genus Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 1892 from Baltic amber. Palaeodiversity 12:99-105 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
60489 | G. Poinar and J. C. Miller. 2002. First fossil record of endoparasitism of adult ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) by Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95:41-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40732 | G. Poinar and S. R. Shaw. 2007. Megalyra baltica Poinar and Shaw n. sp (Hymenoptera : Megalyridae), a long-tailed wasp from Baltic amber. Zootaxa (1478)65-68 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan/M. Clapham] | |
54965 | G. O. Poinar. 2001. Heydenius brownii sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitising a planthopper (Homoptera: Achilidae) in Baltic amber. Nematology 3:753-757 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
54969 | G. O. Poinar. 2011. The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies 1-429 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
54968 | G. O. Poinar. 2012. New fossil nematodes in Dominican and Baltic amber. Nematology 14:483-488 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
71870 | G. O. Poinar and D. C. Currie. 2020. Mermithid nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasites of a fossil black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Baltic amber. Nematology 22:655-658 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
58140 | J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, C. D. Von Dohlen, G. Poinar, and J. P. Pitts. 2016. Eocene and not Cretaceous origin of spider wasps: fossil evidence from amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61:89-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |