Mexican amber, Simojovel, Guadalupe Victoria (CPAL collection) (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Colección de Paleontología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (CPAL-UAEM)

Primary reference: F. Riquelme and M. Hernández-Patricio. 2018. The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber. Check List 14(4):637-646 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217220: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.01.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Siphonophorida - Siphonophoridae
Siphonophora sp.
Siphonophora sp. Brandt 1837 millipede
CPAL.102, 110
 Stemmiulida - Stemmiulidae
Stemmiulidae indet.
Stemmiulidae indet. Pocock 1894 millipede
CPAL.104, 105
 Chilognatha -
Polydesmida indet.
Polydesmida indet. Pocock 1887 millipede
CPAL.106, 107
 Polydesmida - Xystodesmidae
Xystodesmidae indet.
Xystodesmidae indet. Cook 1895 millipede
CPAL.109
 Polydesmida - Platyrhacidae
Platyrhacidae indet.
Platyrhacidae indet. Pocock 1895 millipede
CPAL.101
Arachnida
 Araneae - Salticidae
Salticinae indet., Dendryphantini indet.
Salticinae indet. Blackwall 1841 spider
CPAL.96
Dendryphantini indet. Menge 1879 spider
CPAL.73