Where: Lithuania (55.9° N, 21.1° E: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• 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).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: amber
Primary reference: G. M. Dlussky. 1967. Ants of the genus Formica from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 1:69-77 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113470: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 31.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Protomutilla rasnitsyni n. sp.15
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Palanga succinea n. gen. n. sp.1
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Tetraponera ocellata4, Gnamptogenys rohdendorfi n. sp.4, Pachycondyla succinea4, Prenolepis henschei5, Lasius schiefferdeckeri5, Camponotus mengei5, Formica gustawi3, "Formica (Serviformica) antiqua n. sp." = Formica flori, "Formica (Serviformica) parvula n. sp." = Formica flori, "Formica (Serviformica) baltica n. sp." = Formica flori, "Formica (Protoformica) proformicoides n. sp." = Protoformica proformicodes, Dolichoderus cornutus2, Dolichoderus tertiarius2, "Iridomyrmex geinitzi" = Yantaromyrmex geinitzi5, Ctenobethylus goepperti5
Prenolepis henschei5 Mayr 1868 ant PIN 364/554, and 26 in Collection 364 or 964, not stated (2 in PIN 964)
"Formica (Protoformica) proformicoides n. sp." = Protoformica proformicodes Dlussky 1967 ant PIN 364/471
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Propelma rohdendorfi n. gen. n. sp.21
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Archaeotinodes rossica n. sp.17, Archaeotinodes igneusaper n. sp.16, Archaeotinodes regiomontana n. sp.17, Archaeotinodes petropolitana n. sp.17
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Holocentropus peregrinator n. sp.11, Holocentropus fundamentalis n. sp.11, Holocentropus proximorepertus n. sp.11, Holocentropus telergon n. sp.11, Nyctiophylax valideturbidus n. sp.11, Plectrocnemia varigoria n. sp.11
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Dyschiriomimus stackelbergi n. gen. n. sp.23
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Cupes rohdendorfi n. sp.23
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Cyphon pallasi n. sp.24, Cyphon shevyrevi n. sp.24, Cyphon krynickyi n. sp.24, Brachelodes motschulskyi n. gen. n. sp.24, Microcara kusnezovi n. sp.23, Microcara dokhturovi n. sp.23, Microcara zubkovi n. sp.23, Microcara znojkoi n. sp.23, Helodopsis solskyi n. gen. n. sp.24, Cyphonogenius zakhvatkini n. gen. n. sp.24, Plagiocyphon plavilschikovi n. gen. n. sp.24
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Apion (Aspidapion) khnzoriani n. sp.27
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Succinacalles uniqus n. gen. n. sp.27
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Pseudomecorhis orlovi n. sp.27
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Circaeus borisjaki n. gen. n. sp.9
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Electrapate martynovi n. gen. n. sp.26
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"Malchinus kryshtofovichi n. sp." = Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) kryshtofovichi23
"Malchinus kryshtofovichi n. sp." = Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) kryshtofovichi23 Yablokov-Khnzorian 1960 soldier beetle PIN 364/108
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Throscites tschitscherini n. gen. n. sp.26, "Palaeothroscus sosnovskyi n. gen. n. sp." = Trixagus sosnovskyi26
"Palaeothroscus sosnovskyi n. gen. n. sp." = Trixagus sosnovskyi26 Yablokov-Khnzorian 1962 beetle PIN 364/298
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Cardiophorus yatsenkokhmelevskyi n. sp.25, Athous (Athousiomorphus) olgae n. sp.25, Limonius (Paralimonius) barovskyi n. sp.25, Elatron semenovi n. gen. n. sp.25, Diaraphes kozhantshikovi n. gen. n. sp.25, Holopleurus succineus n. gen. n. sp.25, Orthoraphes reichardti n. gen. n. sp.25, "Elater (Octamenogonoides) gebleri n. sp." = Ampedus (Octamenogonoides) gebleri25, Crioraphes rohdendorfi n. gen. n. sp.25, Tetraraphes ebersini n. gen. n. sp.25, Plagioraphes fasciatus n. gen. n. sp.25
"Elater (Octamenogonoides) gebleri n. sp." = Ampedus (Octamenogonoides) gebleri25 Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961 click beetle PIN 364/641
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Throscogenius takhtajani n. gen. n. sp.26
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Metoisops punctatus n. sp.19
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Electrobaculum gracile n. gen. n. sp.20
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"Amesorhaga bickeli n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia bickeli18, "Amesorhaga quadrispinosa n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia quadrispinosa18, "Amesorhaga vladimiri n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia vladimiri18, "Amesorhaga longicerca n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia longicerca18, Systenites inclytus8, Palaeosystenus succinorum8
"Amesorhaga bickeli n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia bickeli18 Negrobov and Selivanova 2003 long-legged fly PIN 364/164
"Amesorhaga quadrispinosa n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia quadrispinosa18 Negrobov and Selivanova 2003 long-legged fly PIN 364/255, 308
"Amesorhaga vladimiri n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia vladimiri18 Negrobov and Selivanova 2003 long-legged fly PIN 364/746, 365, 407
"Amesorhaga longicerca n. sp." = Wheelerenomyia longicerca18 Negrobov and Selivanova 2003 long-legged fly PIN 364/317
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Arachnida | |
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