Where: Russian Federation (54.9° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• single amber specimen assigned to "Baltic amber" based on "oak bud trichomes"

•-Samland amber is primarily Lutetian, but horizons also found in other Eocene stages according to Weitschat and Wichard 2010

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: possibly purchased or donated, and probably not collected by the authors

Primary reference: A. M. Bauer, W. Böhme, and W. Weitschat. 2005. An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion. Journal of Zoology 265:327-332 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67707: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.12.2006

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