Also known as Oise amber; Paris amber

Where: France (49.3° N, 2.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 0.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• Basal Eocene (~53 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: O. Montreuil, F. Génier, and A. Nel. 2010. Lobateuchus, un nouveau genre de "bousier" fossile du nord de la France (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:164-167 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123459: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.01.2012, edited by Philip Mannion

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