Where: Brazil (5.0° S, 38.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 38.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: Repository: Gistl collection should be at Zoologische Staatssammlung in München, but specimens can not generally be located there according to Fikacek & Engel, 2011.
Primary reference: J. Gistl. 1831. Kerfe in Copal eingeschlossen. Isis von Oken 1831(3):247-248 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 155717: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Sphaeridium melanarium n. sp.
Sphaeridium melanarium n. sp. Gistl 1831 water scavenger beetle | |
Elater maculatus n. sp.
Elater maculatus n. sp. Gistl 1831 click beetle | |
Culex flavus n. sp.
Culex flavus n. sp. Gistl 1831 mosquito | |
? Chironomus leucomelas n. sp.
? Chironomus leucomelas n. sp. Gistl 1831 non biting midge |