Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.7 Ma)

• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Specimens in private collection of W. Wichard, Bonn

Primary reference: W. Wichard. 1983. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins II. Fossile Arten der Gattung Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 72:137-145 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124255: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 09.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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