Where: Sarawak, Malaysia (2.7° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 115.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Amber comes from the Nyalau Formation of early Middle Miocene age.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Jorg Wunderlich
Primary reference: Y. A. Popov and W. Weitschat. 2005. "Emesites" voigti n. gen. n. sp. - the first Emesina (Insecta: Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the Borneo amber. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89:173-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154233: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.02.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Emesites voigti n. gen. n. sp.
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