San Just amber (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Aragón, Spain (40.8° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 2.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Orden Member (Escucha Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• Upper Albian (E. Barron, pers. com. 2015; based on an accurate palynological study

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: quarrying

• Repository: Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis (CPT)

Primary reference: E. Peñalver, D. A. Grimaldi, and X. Delclos. 2006. Early Cretaceous spider web with its prey. Science 312:1761 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91626: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.10.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Mantodea -
Aragonimantis aenigma n. gen. n. sp.9
Aragonimantis aenigma n. gen. n. sp.9 Delclòs et al. 2016 mantis
CPT SJ-10-17
 Blattodea -
Aragonitermes teruelensis n. gen. n. sp.10
Aragonitermes teruelensis n. gen. n. sp.10 Engel and Delclòs 2010 termite
CPT 4065
 Thysanoptera - Stenurothripidae
Hispanothrips utrillensis n. gen. n. sp.16
Hispanothrips utrillensis n. gen. n. sp.16 Peñalver and Nel 2010 thrips
CPT SJ-07-47, 48, 49
 Hemiptera -
Iberofoveopsis miguelesi n. gen. n. sp.18
Iberofoveopsis miguelesi n. gen. n. sp.18 Peñalver and Szwedo 2010 planthopper
CPT-4132
 Psocodea - Archaeatropidae
Archaeatropidae indet.1 Baz and Ortuño 2000 bark louse
SJNB2012-12-02
Archaeatropos alavensis1 Baz and Ortuño 2000 bark louse
MAP-7812; SJ-10-50 SJ2
 Psocodea - Empheriidae
Preempheria antiqua1 Baz and Ortuño 2001 bark louse
CPT-4117
 Hymenoptera - Evaniidae
Cretevania rubusensis n. sp.17 Peñalver et al. 2010 ensign wasp
CPT-3335
Cretevania alcalai n. sp.17 Peñalver et al. 2010 ensign wasp
Cretevania montoyai n. sp.17 Peñalver et al. 2010 ensign wasp
CPT-957
 Hymenoptera - Spathiopterygidae
Mymaropsis turolensis n. gen. n. sp.11, Diameneura marveni n. gen. n. sp.24
Mymaropsis turolensis n. gen. n. sp.11 Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013 wasp
CPT 4077; CPT-4097 (SJ-07-43) in Santer et al., 2021
Diameneura marveni n. gen. n. sp.24 Santer and Álvarez-Parra 2021 wasp
CPT-4095 (SJ-07-41)
 Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Serphites silban n. sp.13 Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011 wasp
CPT-4059
 Hymenoptera - Alavarommatidae
Alavaromma orchamum n. gen.15 Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011 wasp
CPT 4140
 Hymenoptera - Gallorommatidae
"Galloromma turolensis n. sp." = Cretaceomma turolensis15
"Galloromma turolensis n. sp." = Cretaceomma turolensis15 Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011 wasp
CPT 4139
 Hymenoptera - Stigmaphronidae
Burmaphron cf. jentilak14 Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011 wasp
CPT-4075
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Utrillabracon electropteron n. gen. n. sp.2 Álvarez-Parra and Engel 2022 wasp
MAP-7819 (SJE2012 49-04)
 Dicondylia -
Neuroptera indet.19 Linnaeus 1758 lacewing
SJNB 2012-04 ("Mantispoid or dilaroid larva")
 Neuroptera - Berothidae
? Berothidae indet.19 Handlirsch 1906 beaded lacewing
CPT SJ-10-25
 Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Aragomantispa lacerata n. gen. n. sp.20
Aragomantispa lacerata n. gen. n. sp.20 Pérez-de la Fuente and Peñalver 2019 mantidfly
CPT SJ-10-22
 Coleoptera - Salpingidae
Arra legalovi n. gen. n. sp.22
Arra legalovi n. gen. n. sp.22 Peris et al. 2014 narrow-waisted bark beetle
CPT-4106
 Coleoptera - Cucujidae
Cucujidae indet. Latreille 1802 beetle
 Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Actenobius magneoculus n. sp.23 Peris et al. 2015 spider beetle
CPT SJ-10-18
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Helius turolensis n. sp.12 Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2021 crane fly
CPT SJ-10-54
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
"Protoculicoides skalskii" = Gerontodacus skalskii5, "Protoculicoides hispanicus n. sp." = Atriculicoides hispanicus26, "Protoculicoides sanjusti n. sp." = Atriculicoides sanjusti26, "Leptoconops zherikhini" = Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini5
"Protoculicoides skalskii" = Gerontodacus skalskii5 Szadziewski and Arillo 1998 biting midge
CPT-970
"Protoculicoides hispanicus n. sp." = Atriculicoides hispanicus26 Szadziewski and Arillo 2016 biting midge
CPT NBSJ 09/12 A c, 09/12 A b (and others not in type series)
"Protoculicoides sanjusti n. sp." = Atriculicoides sanjusti26 Szadziewski and Arillo 2016 biting midge
CPT NBSJ 09/12 A a, 09/12 A d
"Leptoconops zherikhini" = Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini5 Szadziewski and Arillo 2003 biting midge
CPT-3345
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Microphorites utrillensis n. sp.5 Arillo et al. 2008 long-legged fly
 Diptera - Rhagionidae
Litoleptis fossilis n. sp.4 Arillo et al. 2009 snipe fly
CPT-3344
 Diptera - Archizelmiridae
Burmazelmira grimaldii n. sp.3 Arillo et al. 2018 fungus gnat
CPT-3342, 4166
Arachnida
 Araneae - Lagonomegopidae
Spinomegops aragonensis n. sp.21 Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013 spider
CPT-4155
 Araneae - Oonopidae
Orchestina "sp. 1"25 Smith 1882 goblin spider
CPT-4100
 Araneae -
Araneoidea indet. Simon 1895 spider
spider silk
 Acariformes - Cymbaeremaeidae
Ametroproctus valeriae n. sp.6 Arillo et al. 2009 oribatid mite
 Acariformes - Otocepheidae
Cretaceobodes martinezae n. gen. n. sp.7
Cretaceobodes martinezae n. gen. n. sp.7 Arillo et al. 2010 oribatid mite
CPT-SJ07-05
 Acariformes - Trhypochthoniidae
Trhypochthonius lopezvallei n. sp.8 Arillo et al. 2012 oribatid mite
CPT-4161
 Acariformes - Erythraeidae
Leptus sp.3 Latreille 1796 mite
CPT-4167