Also known as Saxonian amber
Where: Halle, Germany (51.6° N, 12.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 8.0° E)
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Bitterfeld amber occurs in the "Bernsteinschluff" Horizon, i.e. a part of the Upper "Bitterfelder Glimmersand" in the upper part of the Cottbus Formation. Detailed biostratigraphic investigations favor an uppermost Chattian age for the unit. Originally assigned a Miocene age, and then thought to be redeposited Baltic amber. The chemical composition of Bitterfeld amber is distinct from true Baltic amber (e.g., Sodhi et al., 2013). Hydrogen isotopes indicate that Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers have distinct geographic sources, but carbon isotopes and insects suggest Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers are coeval in age (Wolfe et al., 2016).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Universität Göttingen (some earlier specimens donated to Geologisch-Paläontologische Institute, Universität Hamburg, GPIH/GPIUH)
Primary reference: J. Wunderlich. 2008. Descriptions of fossil spider (Araneae) taxa mainly in Baltic amber, as well as on certain related extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5:44-139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147606: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Plectrocnemia paulseni n. sp.9
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Metoisops grabenhorsti n. sp.5
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Intercader saxonicus n. sp.3
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Aradus grabenhorsti n. sp.4
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Balticoroma serafinorum15, Balticoroma ernstorum15, Ruganapis scutata24, Saxonanapis grabenhorsti n. sp.15, Fossilanapis eichmanni n. sp.15
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Eopopino rudloffi n. sp.18
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Eosynotaxus bitterfeldensis n. sp.17
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"Graea bitterfeldensis n. sp." = Eustaloides bitterfeldensis13
"Graea bitterfeldensis n. sp." = Eustaloides bitterfeldensis13 Wunderlich 2004 orb-weaving spider Grabenhorst AR-56
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Ulesanis parva n. sp.23, ? Lasaeola "sp. 2"23, Lasaeola "sp. 3"23, Lasaeola latisulci23, Lasaeola bitterfeldensis n. sp.23, Lasaeola infulata23, Lasaeola communis23, ? Lasaeola sigillata n. sp.23, Episinus longimanus23, Clya supercalefacta23, Euryopis bitterfeldensis23
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Paralabulla bitterfeldensis n. gen. n. sp.19
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Orchestina (Baltorchestina) sp.24, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) bitterfeldensis n. sp., "Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata n. sp." = Orchestina (Baltorchestina) angulata24, Orchestina (Baltorchestina) imperialis24
Orchestina (Baltorchestina) bitterfeldensis n. sp. Wunderlich 2008 goblin spider GPIUH H. Grabenhorst coll AR-167
"Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata n. sp." = Orchestina (Baltorchestina) angulata24 Wunderlich 2012 goblin spider Grabenhorst, no number
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Ariadna defuncta n. sp.11
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Fessonia grabenhorsti n. sp.1 Bartel et al. 2015 mite Grabenhorst 208/HG, 9/HG, 40/HG, 41/HG, 116/HG
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