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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Elater wallesii n. sp.
Elater wallesii n. sp. Hope 1837 click beetle |