Salinillas de Buradón (Alava amber): Albian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Arachnida
- Acariformes
- Cepheidae
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Ommatocepheus nortoni n. sp.
Arillo et al. 2008
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MCNA 13348 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 2.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.6° North, 3.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified amber |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,original chitin,amber |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Álava Museum of Natural Sciences, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain (MCNA) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163780 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-11-11 18:23:59 | Last modified: | 2014-11-11 18:23:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-11 18:23:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53411. | A. Arillo, L. S. Subías, and U. Shtanchaeva. 2008. A new fossil oribatid mite, Ommatocepheus nortoni sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Cepheidae), from a new outcrop of Lower Cretaceous Álava amber (northern Spain). Systematic & Applied Acarology 13:252-255 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |