Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collected by C. Villar
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: D. B. Thomas. 1988. Fossil Cydnidae (Heteroptera) From the Oligo-Miocene Amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96(1):26-29 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Arram Noshirvan on 08.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Amnestus guapinolinus n. sp.
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