Baltic amber (INHS collection): Priabonian, Lithuania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
Eomegophthalmus lithuaniensis n. gen., n. sp. Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Archipedionis obscurus n. gen., n. sp. Dietrich and Thomas 2018
Dietrich and Thomas 2018 1 specimen
INHSP 10321
Eoidiocerus emarginatus n. gen., n. sp. Dietrich and Thomas 2018
Dietrich and Thomas 2018 1 specimen
INHSP 10320
Xestocephalites balticus n. gen., n. sp. Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Brevaphrodella nigra n. gen., n. sp. Dietrich and Gonçalves 2014
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) headsi n. sp. Fanti 2021
Fanti 2021 1 specimen
INHSP-18001 (2 measurements)
Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) jaredi n. sp. Fanti 2021
Fanti 2021 1 specimen
INHSP-18002 (2 measurements)
Malthodes (Libertimalthodes) spaceae n. sp. Fanti 2019
Fanti 2019 1 specimen
INHSP-10327 (2 measurements)
Podistra (Pseudoabsidia) guthriei n. sp. Fanti 2021
Fanti 2021 1 specimen
INHSP-18000 (2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Lithuania
Coordinates: 55.9° North, 21.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.0° North, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)
Metadata
Database number:154362
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-02-17 15:01:32 Last modified:2015-03-25 18:25:25
Access level:the public Released:2014-02-17 15:01:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
50203. C. H. Dietrich and A. C. Gonçalves. 2014. New Baltic amber leafhoppers representing the oldest Aphrodinae and Megophthalminae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 74:1-13 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

64441 C. H. Dietrich and M. J. Thomas. 2018. New eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae) from Eocene Baltic amber with notes on other fossil Cicadellidae. ZooKeys 726:131-143 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
69276 F. Fanti. 2019. New fossil Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1852 of the subgenus Libertimalthodes Kupryjanowicz & Fanti, 2019 from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Palaeodiversity 12:65-68 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78661 F. Fanti. 2021. Two new Malthodes and a new Podistra from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 21:1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]