ammonites
Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130) (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 in 1970; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: quarrying

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 122590: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr, Lindy Edwards and Amy Delelli

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