Gum Animè (Wallis collection) (Holocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.2° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 39.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the OUM

• Repository: possibly in Oxford University Museum with other Hope material.

Primary reference: F. W. Hope. 1837. Observations on succinic insects. Part the second. Gums and resins. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2:46-57 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165052: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elater wallesii n. sp. Hope 1837 click beetle