Also known as Chiapas Amber, Mexican Amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mazantic Shale Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• "probably of latest Oligocene-early Miocene age, but possibly as young as mid-Miocene" according to J. W. Durham
•fossils are from the estaurine Mazantic Shale and strictly Early Miocene according to Perrilliat et al. 2010
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Reposited in the UCMP
• "purchased from local people at Simojovel"
Primary reference: J. D. Lazell, Jr. 1965. An Anolis (Sauria, Iguanidae) in amber. Journal of Paleontology 39(3):379-382 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106432: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.03.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Anolis electrum n. sp.
Anolis electrum n. sp. Lazell 1965 anole | |
Arachnida | |
"Exoripoda chiapasensis n. sp." = Benoibates chiapasensis6
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"Liebstadia durhami n. sp." = Scheloribates durhami6
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Collembola | |
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Insecta | |
Nasutitermes electrinus n. sp.3
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Trichomyia richardi n. sp.4
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Procolobostema hurdi n. gen. n. sp.2
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