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Sicilian Amber
| Sicilian amber | |
|---|---|
| Age (Ma) | |
| Start: | 11.6 |
| End: | 5.3 |
| System/Period: | Neogene |
| Series/Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage/Age: | Priabonian |
| Location | |
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 37°24′N 15°06′E / 37.4°N 15.1°E |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° N, 14.8° E |
| Diversity | |
| Genera: | 13 |
| Species: | 14 |
Some propose an Oligocene age (Radchenko & Dlussky, 2019), or Upper Miocene to perhaps Pliocene, while Perrichot et al. (2019) says of unknown age between late Eocene and middle Miocene, see Ragazzi & Roghi, 2014. Found in place in Upper Miocene to Lower Pliocene sediments of central Sicily (Kohring & Schluter, 1989).
Genera known from Sicilian amber
Species known from Sicilian amber
Location of Formation
References
- Perrichot, V., Salas-Gismondi, R., Antoine, P.-O. 2019. The ant genus Tapinoma Förster (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in Miocene amber of Peru. Palaeoentomology 2(6): 585-590 (doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.8).
- Radchenko, A.G., Dlussky, G.M. 2019. First record of the ant genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Late Eocene European ambers. Annales Zoologici 69: 417-421 (DOI 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.2.008).
- Ragazzi, E. & Roghi, G. (2014) Simetite, the Sicilian amber. In: Kustatscher, E., Roghi, G., Bertini, A. & Miola, A. (Eds.), Palaeobotany of Italy. Publication of the Museum of Nature South Tyrol nº 9, pp. 232-237.