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New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Stigmaphronidae

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New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO)
Stigmaphronidae? 

 

The biggest collections of Baltic amber are:
About two thirds of world amber reserves are located on the Russian territory, nearly Jantarny village, Kaliningrad region.
  • British Museum of Natural History, London 25000 pieces
  • Museum of the Earth, Warsaw 25000 pieces
  • Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg 25000 pieces
  • Paleontology Museum, Humboldt University, Berlin 20000 pieces
  • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge 16000 pieces
  • The Amber Museum, Palanga 14478 pieces
  • Institute for Geology and Paleontology, Gottingen 11000 pieces
  • Zoological Museum, Copenhagen 9000-10000 pieces*
*corrected the source information
Baltic amber (40-50 MYO) - an extremely rare small-headed fly / hunchback-fly (Acroceridae, Prophilopota succini Henning) Holotypus. © Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk
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