Where: Poland (54.4° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 53.4° N, 13.9° E)
• local area-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, microfossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Specimens at Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, Museum of Natural History, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland (MP ISEA)
Primary reference: W. Krzemiński and A. Soszyńska-Maj. 2012. A new genus and species of scorpionfly (Mecoptera) from Baltic amber, with an unusually developed postnotal organ. Systematic Entomology 37:223-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123215: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.01.2012, edited by Arram Noshirvan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Paleotelmatoscopus sp.7, Paleotelmatoscopus formosa7, Coramus gedanensis n. gen. n. sp.46, Podemacrochile baltica34, Macrochile hornei34, Macrochile spectrum34
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Cheilotrichia (Empeda) pawlowskii n. sp.29, Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) circumcincta26, Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) gorskii n. sp.26, Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) baltica n. sp.26, Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) eridanus18, Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) christelius n. sp.25, Dicranomyia (Sivalimnobia) herczeki n. sp.37, Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) kukulai n. sp.36, Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) krzeminskii n. sp.16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) baltica n. sp.16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ewa n. sp.16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) succinica n. sp.16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) sinuata16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lobata16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) alexandri16, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) gorskii n. sp.23, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) meunieri16, Helius similis17, Helius formosus17, Helius minutus17, Helius anetae n. sp.24, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris19, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) irinae n. sp.19, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) brevipalpa19, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) bozenae n. sp.19, Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) pulchella19, Thaumastoptera ryszardi18, Trichoneura (Trichoneura) ritzkowskii20, Trichoneura (Trichoneura) wegiereki n. sp.20, Trichoneura (Trichoneura) vulgaris35, Trichoneura (Trichoneura) gracilistylus20, Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) bajdai n. sp.18, Limonia skalskii n. sp.31, Palaeopoecilostola parallela22, Palaeopoecilostola longicornis22, Palaeopoecilostola speciosa22, Dactylolabis (Idiolabis) ryszardi n. sp.21, Hexatoma (Eriocera) serafini n. sp.32
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) eridanus18 Meunier 1917 crane fly ISEA MP/3426, 3427; ISEA MP/4442 in Kania‑Kłosok et al., 2022
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) christelius n. sp.25 Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2022 crane fly ISEA MP/4441, 4443
Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris19 Loew 1851 crane fly ISEA MP/1627, 3319, 3322, 3325, 3328, 3329, 3333, 3334
Trichoneura (Trichoneura) vulgaris35 Loew 1850 crane fly ISEA 380(x2), 376; in Kania 2015: MP/3350, 3368(x3), 3370, 3371, 3374, 3420, 3422, 3419, 3423
Trichoneura (Trichoneura) gracilistylus20 Alexander 1931 crane fly ISEA MP/3369, 3429, 3430, 3431, 3438
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Sylvicola splendida58, Sylvicola hoffeinsorum58, Mycetobia christelae59, Mycetobia szwedoi n. sp.59, Mycetobia connexa59
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Micrepimera neli n. sp.3, Paleoplatyura magnifica n. sp.45, Paleoplatyura agnieszkae n. sp.45, Paleoplatyura miae n. sp.45
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"Malthodes serafini n. sp." = Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini41 Kuska and Kupryjanowicz 2005 soldier beetle MP/1/1513/188/01
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Cartodere (Aridius) succinobaltica n. sp.5, Enicmus adrianae n. sp.4, "Stephostethus jantaricus" = Latridius jantaricus38
"Stephostethus jantaricus" = Latridius jantaricus38 Borowiec 1985 minute brown scavenger beetle 1/21
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Protostomopsis pandema n. gen. n. sp.6
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Promanodes serafini n. gen. n. sp.28
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"Falsomordellistena (Palaeostena) eocenica n. sp." = Palaeostena eocenica40, Succimorda rubromaculata n. gen. n. sp.39
"Falsomordellistena (Palaeostena) eocenica n. sp." = Palaeostena eocenica40 Kubisz 2003 tumbling flower beetle MP 1/148a/187/01
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"Aleochara baltica n. sp." = Aleochara (Aleochara) baltica43, Cephennodes sp.15, Lathrobium balticum n. sp.43, Lathrobium ambricum n. sp.43, Sepedophilus balticus n. sp.43
"Aleochara baltica n. sp." = Aleochara (Aleochara) baltica43 Pasnik and Kubisz 2002 rove beetle 1/1530/187/00
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Baltipanorpa damzeni n. gen. n. sp. Krzemiński and Soszyńska-Maj 2012 common scorpionfly MP/3076, MP/1/4/552/04
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Panorpodes brevicauda48 Hagen 1856 short-faced scorpionfly MP ISEA 1927, 3143, 593, 1926, 2299, 2136
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Hylobittacus fossilis33 Carpenter 1954 hangingfly MP 1/1/551/05/A, 1/2/552/04 (x3), 1/1/552/04, 1/5/552/04
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Microelectrona cladara n. gen. n. sp.54, Jantarineura serafini n. gen. n. sp.8, Ambericarda skalskii n. gen. n. sp.53, Youngeewa bicolorata n. gen. n. sp.10
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Emeljanovedusa gentarna n. gen. n. sp.52
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Jantaritambia serafini n. gen. n. sp.51
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Serafinana perperunae n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Perunus sudoviorum" = Perkunus sudoviorum55
"Perunus sudoviorum" = Perkunus sudoviorum55 Szwedo and Stroiński 2002 cixiid planthopper Serafin AUF09JS
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Elektroeuphaea flecki n. gen. n. sp.42
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Baba lapidea n. gen. n. sp.27
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