PBDB Collection

Charentese Amber, Fouras (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Bois-Vert

Where: Poitou-Charentes, France (46.0° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• In lithological subunit B2ms

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• "very shallow environment, in a coastal estuarine context"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Reposited in the MNHN

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

Primary reference: D. Peris, J. Kolibáč, and X. Delclòs. 2014. Cretamerus vulloi gen. et sp. nov., the oldest bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from Cretaceous amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12:879-891 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161514: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Chimeromyiidae	Chimeromyia vulloi n. sp.² Chimeromyia vulloi n. sp.² Jouault et al. 2020 fly IGR.FRS-16
Hymenoptera - Bethylidae	Bethylidae indet.¹, Nucifrangibulum carentonensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bethylidae indet.¹ Forster 1856 flat wasp IGR.FRS-7.34a Nucifrangibulum carentonensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Cockx et al. 2016 flat wasp IGR.FRS-7.28a
Hymenoptera - Sclerogibbidae	Gallosclerogibba alnensis n. gen. n. sp.³ Gallosclerogibba alnensis n. gen. n. sp.³ Perrichot et al. 2020 sclerogibbid wasp IGR.FRS-7.27
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	"Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis n. sp." = Gerontoformica occidentalis⁴ "Sphecomyrmodes occidentalis n. sp." = Gerontoformica occidentalis⁴ Perrichot et al. 2007 ant MNHN FRS 4.4, 4.3
Coleoptera - Thanerocleridae	Mesozenodosus insularis n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Mesozenodosus insularis n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Tihelka et al. 2020 beetle IGR.FRS-7.6
Coleoptera - Melyridae	Protodasytes cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Protodasytes cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Tihelka et al. 2021 soft-winged flower beetle IGR.FRS-7.2
Coleoptera - Trogossitidae	Cretamerus vulloi n. gen. n. sp. Cretamerus vulloi n. gen. n. sp. Peris et al. 2014 bark gnawing beetle IGR.FRS-5.1

¹Cockx et al. 2016; ²Jouault et al. 2020; ³Perkovsky et al. 2020; ⁴Perrichot et al. 2007; ⁵Tihelka et al. 2020; ⁶Tihelka et al. 2021