Fushun amber (Velten collection): Priabonian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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Exebotrigona velteni n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Michener 2013
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Russian Federation |
| Coordinates: | 54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.9° North, 15.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
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: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: private collection of Jürgen Velten, Idstein, Germany | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Likely Baltic amber | ||
| Database number: | 150773 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-09-15 01:17:26 | Last modified: | 2023-07-29 16:55:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-09-15 01:17:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48193. | M. S. Engel and C. D. Michener. 2013. A minute stingless bee in Eocene Fushan amber from northeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Melittology 14:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 85474 | M. S. Engel, C. Rasmussen, R. Ayala and F. F. Olveira. 2023. Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera. ZooKeys 1172:239-312 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |