Borneo amber (Wunderlich collection) (Miocene of Malaysia)

Where: Sarawak, Malaysia (2.7° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 115.5° E)

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Amber comes from the Nyalau Formation of early Middle Miocene age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Jorg Wunderlich

Primary reference: M. L. de Andrade and C. Baroni Urbani. 2004. First record of ants from Borneo amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesselschaft 77:247-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138840: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Cataulacus plebeius n. sp. de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 2004 ant