Where: Tanzania (6.9° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 39.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Giebel and some later workers considered this to be Baltic amber, but Hennig (1966) demonstrated that the inclusions were extant east African species and argued that the provenance was from copal instead. Spectroscopic analysis demonstrates that "it is clear that the samples of copal containing Lomatia and Tachina are from a leguminous source. In fact, the resin probably is from a species of Trachylobium which occurs in East Africa. It is somewhat similar to Copaifera which produces the West African copals. However, resin from Trachylobium appears more similar than those from Copaifera." (White, 1977)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Naturkunde-Museum Coburg
Primary reference: C. Giebel. 1862. Wirbelthier und Insektenreste im Bernstein. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaft 20:311-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 129861: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Raghav Sehtia on 29.06.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Platydactylus minutus n. sp.
Platydactylus minutus n. sp. Giebel 1862 gecko | |
Insecta | |
"Eriphia setosa n. sp." = Campylocera setosa
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"Tachina succini n. sp." = Drino (Palexorista) succini
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"Lomatia gracilis n. sp." = Petrorossia gracilis
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"Culex loewi n. sp." = Toxorhynchites brevipalpis
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Pentatoma schaurothi n. sp.
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"Cercopis aurata n. sp." = Cercopis giebeli
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Ricania multinervis n. sp.
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Poeocera venulosa n. sp.
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Chaetoessa burmeisteri n. sp.
Chaetoessa burmeisteri n. sp. Giebel 1862 mantis | |
"Chaetoessa brevialata n. sp." = Amorphoscelis brevialata
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"Blatta ruficeps n. sp." = Eustegasta ruficeps
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"Blatta elliptica n. sp." = Namablatta elliptica
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Chrysis viridicyanea n. sp.
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Angerona electrina n. sp.
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Clerus succini n. sp.
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Helluomorpha protogaea n. sp., Chlaenius electrinus n. sp.
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