ammonites
Baltic Amber, Bremi collection (Eocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (54.5° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 13.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)

• Heer only says "Bernstein" (="amber"), but later papers give the source as Prussian/Baltic amber.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: amber

Collected by Herr Bremi

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117249: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.09.2011

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