Title | TERRESTRIAL SNAILS (GASTROPODA) IN DOMINICAN AMBER |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1991 |
Authors | Poinar, GO, Roth, B |
Journal | Veliger |
Volume | 34 |
Pagination | 253-258 |
Type of Article | Journal Article |
ISSN | 0042-3211 |
Abstract | Seven species of land snails are reported from amber of late Oligocene (25 Ma) to late Eocene (40 Ma) age from the Dominican Republic: Strobilops (?Coelostrobilops) sp.; Subulina sp.; Spiraxis sp.; ?ferussaciid, genus and species indeterminate; Varicella sp.; helicinid, genus and species indeterminate; and a prosobranch land snail of indeterminate family. As far as determinable, all are within the modern geographic ranges of their taxonomic groups. The taxa are indicative of a tropical or paratropical climate. Strobilopsidae assignable to modern genera and subgenera may have been present in the American tropics at least as early as in western Europe. |
URL | <Go to ISI>://WOS:A1991FU98200003 |