La Buzinie roadworks amber, Champniers (Cretaceous of France)

Where: France (45.7° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 1.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• B2gl subunit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• detrital paralic environment

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the MNHN

• Repository: also Geological Department and Museum of the University Rennes 1, France

Primary reference: M. Lak and A. Nel. 2009. An enigmatic diapriid wasp (Insecta, Hymenoptera) from French Cretaceous amber. Geodiversitas 31:137-144 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123118: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.01.2012, edited by Amy Delelli

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Diapriidae
"Diapriidae indet." = Diapriinae
"Diapriidae indet." = Diapriinae Haliday 1833 wasp
MNHN BUZ 2.6
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Gerontoformica occidentalis4 Perrichot et al. 2007 ant
IGR.BUZ‐7
 Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae
Palaeonemobius occidentalis n. gen. n. sp.1 Laurent and Desutter-Grandcolas 2023 grasshopper
MNHN.F.A71375
 Blattodea - Blattellidae
? Blattella lengleti n. sp.6 Vršanský 2008 cockroach
MNHN BUZ 2.3
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Trichomyia lengleti n. sp.3 Lak et al. 2008 moth fly
MNHN BUZ 2.7
Malacostraca
 Tanaidacea - Alavatanaidae
Daenerytanais maieuticus n. gen. n. sp.5
Daenerytanais maieuticus n. gen. n. sp.5 Sánchez-García et al. 2017
IGR.BUZ-1.13
Myriapoda
 Geophilomorpha -
Buziniphilus antiquus n. gen. n. sp.2
Buziniphilus antiquus n. gen. n. sp.2 Edgecombe et al. 2009 centipede
MNHN BUZ 1.8