Also known as Chiapas amber
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.5° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Paleontología de la Facultad de Ciencias (FCMP), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Primary reference: M. Brazidec and V. Perrichot. 2022. The first flat wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Miocene Mexican amber. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 116(103838) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 225741: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.05.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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