Where: Tanzania (6.2° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 39.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: Repository: specimens presumably in the collection of F. Meunier (possibly at Musée d'Histoire naturelle de la Société Royale de Zoologie d'Anvers)
Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1912. Aperçu sur quelques Chironomidae et Ceratopogonidae du copal récent du Zanzibar et de Madagascar. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 36:189-192 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152189: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Acutibaeus bellicosus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Alaptus fructuosus n. sp.2
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"Sciara variabilis" = Corynoptera klebsii1
"Sciara variabilis" = Corynoptera klebsii1 Meunier 1904 dark-winged fungus gnat collection not specified
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