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| Sumatran Amber |
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| Age (Ma) |
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| Start: |
25 |
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| End: |
15 |
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| System/Period: |
Neogene |
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| Series/Epoch: |
Miocene |
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| Location |
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| Location: |
Sinamar (probably), Dharmasraya Regency, West Sumatra |
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| Country: |
Indonesia |
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| Coordinates: |
1.4°N, 99.6°E |
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| Diversity |
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| Genera: |
1 |
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| Species: |
1 |
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Sumatran amber comes from Telisa (lower-mid Miocene, possibly upper Oligocene at its base), Lower Palembang (mid-Miocene), and Middle Palembang (upper Miocene) Formations. Because the provenance of the pieces are uncertain, their stratigraphic position is unknown (FossilWorks).
This amber is a byproduct of coal mining, and different ages ranging from Eocene to Pliocene have been recorded for these coal mines (Belkin & Tewalt 2007; Bak et al. 2016). Previous reports of Sumatran amber, although from different localities, suggested an early Miocene age and a dipterocarp tree source (Durham 1956; Langenheim & Beck 1965; Brackman et al. 1984; Lambert et al. 1999, 2013).
Genera known from Sumatran amber
No genera are unique to this formation.
Species known from Sumatran amber
Location of Formation
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| Fossil Ants |
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| | Formations | | Amber | |
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| | Impression | Aix-en-Provence, France • Amgu River • Auxillac, France • Baikura • Barstow Formation • Bembridge Marls • Berezovsky Massif • Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya • Bournemouth • Brunn-Vösendorf, Austria • Brunstatt, France • Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana • Celas, France • Chon-Tyz Mine • Coldwater Beds • Crato, Brazil • Decín, Czechia • Eckfeld, Germany • Elko, Nevada • Emanra Formation • Enspel Formation • Epecuen Formation • Florissant • Fonseca Formation • Foulden Maar Diatomite • Green River Formation • Horsefly River, British Columbia • Iki Island, Japan • Isle of Purbeck • Joursac, France • Khronya Cape • Kishenehn Formation Shale • Kleinkems, Germany • Klondike Formation • Kuban Province • Kuclín, Czechia • Kzyl-Zhar • Lac Chambon, France • Lake Victoria, Kenya • Mae Sot, Thailand • Malyi Kamyshlak • McAbee • Menat Formation • Messel • Mo-Clay • Mokrina, Czechia • Montagne d'Andance, France • Most Formation • Oeningen, Switzerland • Ola Formation • Orapa • Ormety, Georgia • Parschlug, Austria • Paskapoo Formation • Puryear, Tennessee • Quesnel, British Columbia • Radoboj • Rott, Germany • Schossnitz, Poland • Shanwang, China • Sweetwater, Wyoming • Tallahatta Formation • Varvara Formation • Velikaya Kema • Ventana Formation • Vishnevaya Balka Creek • Wellborn, Texas • Willershausen, Germany • Yantardakh |
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