Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)
Where: Russian Federation (72.8° N, 98.0° E: paleocoordinates 69.8° N, 69.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kheta Formation, Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: soft parts, amber
Collected by V. Zherikhin, I. Sukatsheva in 1971
Primary reference: H. E. Evans. 1973. Cretaceous aculeate wasps from Taimyr, Siberia (Hymenoptera). Psyche 80:166-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35056: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 28.10.2003, edited by Jered Karr, Matthew Clapham, Lindy Edwards and Amy Delelli