Where: Madagascar (12.3° S, 49.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 49.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISEA).
Primary reference: A. Bukejs and A. A. Legalov. 2017. New species of sub-fossil weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Madagascar copal. Paleontological Journal 51:196-202 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185001: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Cossonus shevnini n. sp.
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