Mexican amber (DZUP Coll): Early/Lower Miocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Laemophloeidae
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Placonotus sepulvedae n. sp.
Gomes and Souza 2022
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Gomes and Souza 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| DZUP Mex-004 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Neriidae
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Palaeonerius souzai n. gen., n. sp.
Sepúlveda and Gomes 2020
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DZUP Mex-004 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Chiapas |
| Coordinates: | 17.2° North, 92.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.7° North, 89.0° 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
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: e Entomological Collection 'Padre Jesus Santiago Moure', Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná (DZUP), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiapas amber | ||
| Database number: | 224158 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2022-01-22 15:30:30 | Last modified: | 2022-01-22 15:30:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-01-22 15:30:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 79181. | T. A. Sepúlveda and L. R. P. Gomes. 2020. Description of the first Neriidae (Insecta, Diptera) fossilized from Miocene amber of Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. Historical Biology 33:3297-3301 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 86487 | L. R. P. Gomes and D. S. Souza. 2022. A new fossil of Laemophloeidae Ganglbauer (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Miocene amber of Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. Historical Biology 35:2319-2322 [M. Uhen/J. Saretzky/M. Clapham] |