Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 20.9° N, 66.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Work amber collection, Ashland, Oregon
Primary reference: G. Poinar. 1998. Paleoeuglossa melissiflora gen. n., sp. n. (Euglossinae: Apidae), fossil orchid bees in Dominican amber. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 71:29-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138330: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Paleoeuglossa melissiflora n. gen. n. sp." = Eufriesea melissiflora
"Paleoeuglossa melissiflora n. gen. n. sp." = Eufriesea melissiflora Poinar 1998 orchid bee | |
Arachnida | |
Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp.
Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp. Poinar 1995 soft tick |