Mexican amber (Villar Coll.) (Miocene of Mexico)

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

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Amnestus guapinolinus n. sp. Thomas 1988 burrowing bug
Cat. No. CV-020