UCMP B-5104, Las Cruces slide, Simojovel area: Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Arachnida
- Acariformes
- Neoliodidae
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Scapheremaeus brevitarsus n. sp.
Woolley 1971
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Woolley 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Neoliodes brevitarsus | ||||||||||
| UCMP 12853 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Drosophilidae
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Neotanygastrella sp.
Duda 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 12864 | ||||||||||
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= Neotanygastrella wheeleri
Grimaldi 1987
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Grimaldi 1987 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Mymaridae
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Polynemoidea mexicana n. sp.
Doutt 1973
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Doutt 1973 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCMP 12865 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cixiidae
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? Mnemosyne sp.
Stal 1866
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Fennah 1963 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCMP 12858 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
| Coordinates: | 17.1° North, 92.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.3° North, 88.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | amber |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,original chitin,amber |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiapas amber, Mexican amber | ||
| Database number: | 140197 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-03-05 07:40:48 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-05 07:40:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45335. | M. R. Wheeler. 1963. A note on some fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera) from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 37:123-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 48970 | R. L. Doutt. 1973. The genus Polynemoidea Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 49:215-220 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 51712 | R. G. Fennah. 1963. New fossil fulgoroid Homoptera from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:43-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 5188 | ETE 900 | D. A. Grimaldi. 1987. Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa. American Museum Novitates 2880:1-23 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |
| 9420 | T. A. Woolley. 1971. Fossil oribatid mites in amber from Chiapas, Mexico (Acarina : Oribatei = Cryptostigmata). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:91-99 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/A. Kinchloe] |