Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Paleontología Eliseo Palacios Aguilera, Instituto de Historia Natural y Ecología, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Primary reference: W. Wichard and M. M. Solorzano. 2006. First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera). Zootaxa 1378:37-48 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125758: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 22.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Culoptila aguilerai n. sp.
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Antillopsyche mexicana n. sp.
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Plectropsyche alvarezi n. sp.
Plectropsyche alvarezi n. sp. Wichard and Solorzano 2006 net-spinning caddisfly IHNFA 067, IHNFA 088
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Arachnida | |
Episinus penneyi n. sp.2
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Paraliochthonius miomaya n. sp.5
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