PBDB Collection

Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Helm collection: Priabonian, Poland
collected by Helm

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Collembola - Symphypleona - Sminthuridae

	Sminthurus succineus n. sp. Stach 1923	Stach 1923	1 specimen
Insecta - Strepsiptera - Mengeidae

	Mengea tertiaria (Menge 1866)	Ulrich 1927	1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

	Ernobius electrinus n. sp. Quiel 1910	Quiel 1910	1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

	Cacomorphocerus cerambyx n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1891	Schaufuss 1891	1 specimen
	Helm 67 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

	Omositoidea gigantea n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1891	Schaufuss 1891	1 specimen
	Helm 34 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Melandryidae

	Abderina helmii n. gen., n. sp. Seidlitz 1898	Seidlitz 1898	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

	Isomira avula n. sp. Seidlitz 1896	Seidlitz 1896	2 specimens
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Silvanidae

	Airaphilus denticollis n. sp. Ermisch 1942	Ermisch 1942	1 specimen
	Donacia sp. in Helm (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

	Electrolema baltica n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1891	Schaufuss 1891	1 specimen
	Helm 32 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

	Parmenops longicornis n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1891	Schaufuss 1891	1 specimen
	Helm 40 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

	Heuretus coriaceus n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Cryptodiodon corticaroides n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Palaeothia tenuitarsus n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Semnodioceras halticaeforme n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Cyrtoscydmus laticlavus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	2 specimens
	Helm 45

	Cyrtoscydmus titubans n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Cyrtoscydmus capucinus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	2 specimens
	Helm 44, 16

	Cyrtoscydmus carinulatus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Palaeomastigus helmi n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Mastigus sp. in Helm

	Clidicus balticus n. sp. Schaufuss 1896	Schaufuss 1896	2 specimens
	(1 measurement)

	Aenictosoma doenitzi n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1891	Schaufuss 1891	1 specimen
	Helm 87 (1 measurement)

	Electroscydmaenus pterostichoides n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Hetereuthia elegans n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Greys conciliator n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 37

	Pantobatrisus cursor n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Batrisus antiquus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 24

	Batrisus pristinus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Dantiscanus costalis n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Deuterotyrus redivivus n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Cymbalizon tyroides n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Tyrus electricus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Pammiges spectrum n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Ctenistodes claviger n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Faronus porrectus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Faronus tritomicrus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Nugaculus calcitrans n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Tychus avus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 4

	Tychus radians n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 49

	Barybryaxis lata n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Bryaxis patris n. sp. Schaufuss 1891	Schaufuss 1891	1 specimen
	Helm 72 (1 measurement)

	Bryaxis veterum n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	2 specimens
	Helm 28, 29

	Bryaxis glabrella n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 31

	Bythinus caviceps n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	2 specimens
	Helm 12, 33

	Bythinus foveopunctatus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 36

	Bythinus tenuipes n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 10

	Bythinus typicus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	Helm 9

	Nugator stricticollis n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Euplectus mozarti n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Euplectus lentiferus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Euplectus quadrifoveatus n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Hetereuplectus retrorsus n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Monyx spiculatus n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Hagnometopias pater n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen

	Bembicidiodes inaequicollis n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1889		1 specimen
	Helm 25

	Pseudolesteua insinuans n. gen., n. sp. Schaufuss 1890	Schaufuss 1890	1 specimen
	collection not listed; placed here with most Schaufuss staphylinids
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

	Arthropterus helmi n. sp. Schaufuss 1896	Schaufuss 1896	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae

	Propsychopsis helmi n. gen., n. sp. Krüger 1923	Krüger 1923	1 specimen
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nevrorthidae

	Sisyra (Rophalis) relicta (Pictet 1854)	Nel and Jarzembowski 1997	1 specimen

	Proberotha prisca n. gen., n. sp. Krüger 1923	Krüger 1923	1 specimen
see common names

Geography

Country:	Poland
Coordinates:	54.4° North, 18.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	53.4° North, 13.9° 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:	37.71 - 33.9 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:	amber
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collectors:	Helm
Collection method comments: Repository: Westpreußischen Provinzial-Museums (= Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte, WPM)

Metadata

Database number:	123438
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-01-23 05:51:21	Last modified:	2015-03-25 17:41:13
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-01-23 05:51:21
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

45124.

L. W. Schaufuss. 1889. Einige Käfer aus dem baltischen Bernsteine. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 32:266-270 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

60105		K. Ermisch. 1942. Airaphilus denticollis n. sp. (Donacia spec. Helm). Entomologische Blätter. Zeitschrift für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 38:128-129 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45485		L. Krüger. 1923. Neuroptera succinica baltica. Die im baltischen Bernstein eingeschlossenen Neuropteren des Westpreußischen Provinzial-Museums (heute Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte) in Danzig. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 84:68-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39606		A. Nel and E. Jarzembowski. 1997. New fossil Sisyridae and Nevrorthidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from Eocene Baltic amber and Upper Miocene of France. European Journal of Entomology 94:287-294 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
45683		G. Quiel. 1910. Zwei neue Coleopteren aus dem baltischen Bernstein (Eocän bezw. unteres Oligocän). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 54:49-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45701		C. Schaufuss. 1891. Preussens Bernstein-Käfer. Neue Formen aus der Helm'schen Sammlung im Danziger Provinzialmuseum. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36:53-64 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45702		C. Schaufuss. 1896. Preussens Bernstein-Käfer II. Neue Formen aus der Helm'schen Sammlung im Danziger Provinzialmuseum. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 41:51-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45127		L. W. Schaufuss. 1890. Eine Staphylinengattung aus dem baltischen Bernsteine. Entomologische Nachrichten 16(5):69-70 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49022		L. W. Schaufuss. 1890. Die Scydmaeniden des baltischen Bernsteines. Nunquam Otiosus 3:561-586 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45108		L. W. Schaufuss. 1890. System-schema der Pselaphiden, ein Blick in die Vorseit, in die Gegenwart und in die Zukunft. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 33:101-162 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48295		G. Seidlitz. 1896. Coleoptera. In W.F. Erichson (ed.), Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands 5(2):1-304 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48294		G. Seidlitz. 1898. Coleoptera. In W.F. Erichson (ed.), Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands 5(2):305-680 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53768		J. Stach. 1923. Eine neue Sminthurus-Art aus der Bernsteinfauna. Bulletin International de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres. Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles. Série B: Sciences Naturelles 1922:53-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49712		W. Ulrich. 1927. Über das bisher einzige strepsipteron aus dem baltischen bernstein und über eine theorie der mengeinenbiologie. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere 8:45-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41333		E. Wasmann. 1929. Die Paussiden des baltischen Bernsteins und die Stammesgeschichte der Paussiden. Bernstein-Forschungen 1:1-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]