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Mazantic Shale, Chiapas, Mexico

Formation	Mazantic Shale
Age:	23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene
Interval	Early Miocene
Lithology	amber, "shale"
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	23

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
UCMP B-7047	Simojovel Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico	Mazantic Shale
Jablonski & Raup Locality 188	La Trinitaria Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico	Mazantic Shale

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Benoibates chiapasensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Acariformes : Oripodidae : Benoibates : *Benoibates chiapasensis*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Scheloribates durhami species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Acariformes : Scheloribatidae : Scheloribates : *Scheloribates durhami*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Entomobrya sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Collembola : Entomobryomorpha : Entomobryidae : *Entomobrya*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Entomobrya decora species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Collembola : Entomobryomorpha : Entomobryidae : Entomobrya : *Entomobrya decora*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Entomobrya trifasciata species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Collembola : Entomobryomorpha : Entomobryidae : Entomobrya : *Entomobrya trifasciata*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Nasutitermes electrinus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Termitidae : Nasutitermes : *Nasutitermes electrinus*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Forcipomyia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Ceratopogonidae : *Forcipomyia*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Trichomyia richardi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Psychodidae : Trichomyia : *Trichomyia richardi*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Procolobostema hurdi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Scatopsidae : Procolobostema : *Procolobostema hurdi*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene
Balanus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : *Balanus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Portunoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunoidea	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Hepatella amazonica species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Aethridae : Hepatella : *Hepatella amazonica*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Calappa zurcheri species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Calappidae : Calappa : *Calappa zurcheri*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Neocallichirus aetodes species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Neocallichirus : *Neocallichirus aetodes*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Ctenocheles sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Ctenochelidae : *Ctenocheles*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Petrochirus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Diogenidae : *Petrochirus*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Palaeopinnixa perornata species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Hexapodidae : Palaeopinnixa : *Palaeopinnixa perornata*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Iliacantha sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosiidae : *Iliacantha*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Eurytium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Panopeidae : *Eurytium*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Necronectes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Potamidae : *Necronectes*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Portunus atecuicitlis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Portunus : *Portunus atecuicitlis*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Haydnella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Acidopsidae : *Haydnella*	23.03 - 20.44 Ma Miocene
Anolis electrum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Dactyloidae : Anolis : *Anolis electrum*	23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene

References

Lazell, Jr. J. D. (1965) An Anolis (Sauria, Iguanidae) in amber, Journal of Paleontology 39 3, 379-382

Woolley T. A. (1971) Fossil oribatid mites in amber from Chiapas, Mexico (Acarina : Oribatei = Cryptostigmata), University of California Publications in Entomology 63, 91-99

Cook E. F. (1971) Fossil Scatopsidae in Mexican amber (Diptera: Insecta), University of California Publications in Entomology 63, 57-61

Christiansen K. (1971) Notes on Miocene amber Collembola from Chiapas, University of California Publications in Entomology 63, 45-48

Szadziewski R., Grogan W. L. (1996) Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Mexican amber, Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 65, 291-295

Krishna K. (1996) New fossil species of termites of the Subfamily Nasutitermitinae from Dominican and Mexican amber (Isoptera, Termitidae), American Museum Novitates 3176, 1-13

Vega F. J., Nyborg T., et al (2009) Neogene Crustacea from Southeastern Mexico, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 35, 51-69

Stebner F., Solórzano Kraemer M. M. (2014) Systematic and palaeoecology of Psychodidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Miocene Mexican amber, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 303, 1-21

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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