Dominican amber (Farlow Herbarium coll) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University

Primary reference: M. Perreau, D. Haelewaters, and P. Tafforeau. 2021. A parasitic coevolution since the Miocene revealed by phase‑contrast synchrotron X‑ray microtomography and the study of natural history collections. Scientific Reports 11(2672) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217200: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.01.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Laboulbeniomycetes
 Laboulbeniales - Laboulbeniaceae
Columnomyces electri n. sp. Haelewaters and Perreau 2021
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Proptomaphaginus alleni Perreau and Haelewaters 2021 round fungus beetle
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