Where: Madagascar (12.3° S, 49.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 49.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the University of Hamburg (GPIH)
Primary reference: W. R. Lourenço. 1996. Premier cas connu d'un sub-fossile de scorpion dans le copal de Madagascar. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série IIa, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 323:889-891 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38973: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 18.05.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Ariadna hintzei n. sp.2
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"Archaea copalensis n. sp." = Madagascarchaea gracilicollis1
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"Tityobuthus copalensis n. sp." = Palaeogrosphus copalensis
"Tityobuthus copalensis n. sp." = Palaeogrosphus copalensis Lourenço 1996 scorpion |