 This age range is due to the host rock being secondary deposits for the amber, and the Miocene the age range is only the youngest that it might be.The fossil isopods were first studied by paleontologist Helmut Schmalfuss of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart.Schmalfuss's 1984 type description of the new species was published in the journal "Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (B)" and no explanation of the specific epithet "tuberculatus" was given.