Baltic amber (Halle collection): Priabonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Phryganeolitha vetusta n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
recombined as Holocentropus vetustus
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Lebina resinata n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
recombined as Dromius resinatus
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Hylesinites electrinus n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
recombined as Hylurgops electrinus
Insecta - Coleoptera - Mordellidae
Mordellina inclusa n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Ptomaphagus germari n. sp. von Schlechtendal 1888
von Schlechtendal 1888 1 specimen
Part of Germar's Mordellina inclusa (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Criocerina pristina n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Coleoptera
specimen lost, according to von Schlechtendal, 1888
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae
Blattina succinea n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Termes girardi n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856 1 specimen
recombined as Electrotermes girardi
Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Hemerobites antiquus n. gen., n. sp. Germar 1813
1 specimen
recombined as Reticulitermes antiquus
Termes obscurus n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856 1 specimen
synonym of Reticulitermes antiquus
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kaliningrad
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.9° North, 15.2° East
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Hallischen Sammlung (possibly University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Metadata
Database number:147349
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-07-07 14:52:01 Last modified:2015-03-25 18:05:22
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-07 14:52:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49879. E. F. Germar. 1813. Insecten in Bernstein eingeschlossen, beschrieben aus dem academischen Mineralien-Cabinet zu Halle. Magazin der Entomologie 1:11-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

47505 C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49878 D. H. R. von Schlechtendal. 1888. Mittheilungen über die in der Sammlung aufbewahrten Originale zu Germar's: "Insekten in Bernstein eingeschlossen" mit Rücksicht auf Giebels "Fauna der Vorwelt". Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 61:473-491 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/O. Alfaro]