Colombian copal (Wunderlich coll) (Holocene of Colombia)

Where: Santander, Colombia (5.8° N, 73.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 73.7° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: collection of Jorg Wunderlich

Primary reference: J. Wunderlich. 2008. On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5:140-469 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147613: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Argyrodes (Ariamnes) copalis n. sp. Wunderlich 2008 cobweb spider
F1691/CC/AR/CJW
 Araneae - Dictynidae
Thallumetus copalis n. sp.2 Wunderlich 2004 spider
F952/CC/AR/DIC/CJW (from Simatara)
 Araneae - Oonopidae
Orchestina colombiensis n. sp.2 Wunderlich 2004 goblin spider
F953/CC/AR/OON/CJW (from Simatara)
Orchestina truncata n. sp.2 Wunderlich 2004 goblin spider
F1113/CC/AR/OON/CJW
 Pseudoscorpiones - Chernetidae
Pachychernes aff. subrobustus1 Balzan 1892 pseudoscorpion
F2209
 Pseudoscorpiones - Atemnidae
Paratemnoides nidificator1 Balzan 1888 pseudoscorpion
F2208