Where: Kaliningrad, Russian Federation (54.9° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 15.0° E)

When: Lutetian (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Collection in the Amber collection (Bernsteinsammlung) of the University of Königsberg. Some comes from the Stantien and Becker collection (S.B.), partners who formed a business in 1860 to mine Baltic amber. The Stantien and Becker collection was originally at Konigsberg and was feared to be lost but it was divided (in part) among various museums. The ultimate repository of these S.B. specimens is unknown. Other material is in the collection of the Physilakisch-okonomischen Gesellschaft (P.O.). Many of the surviving specimens are in Gottingen.

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Descriptions of Hymenoptera from Baltic amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 50:1-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123927: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.02.2012, edited by Amy Delelli and Jered Karr

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