Fushun amber (Velten collection): Priabonian, Russian Federation
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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Exebotrigona velteni n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Michener 2013
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
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] |