Where: Germany (50.6° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 4.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rott Formation, MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• The outcrop of Orsberg is part of the Rott formation
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Geological-Palaeontological-Institute Collection at Bonn (GPIBo)
Primary reference: E. F. Germar. 1837. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. Fauna Insectorum Europae 19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115802: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Belostoma goldfussii n. sp." = Belostoma goldfussi
"Belostoma goldfussii n. sp." = Belostoma goldfussi Germar 1837 giant water bug | |
Locusta exstincta n. sp.
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"Formica lignitum n. sp." = Camponotites lignitus
"Formica lignitum n. sp." = Camponotites lignitus Germar 1837 ant | |
Ypsolophus insignis n. sp.
Ypsolophus insignis n. sp. Germar 1837 moth | |
Tenebrio effossus n. sp.
Tenebrio effossus n. sp. Germar 1837 darkling beetle | |
Saperda lata n. sp. Germar 1837 longhorned beetle
"Molorchus antiquus n. sp." = Hesthesis antiqua Germar 1837 longhorned beetle
Prionus umbrinus n. sp. Germar 1837 longhorned beetle | |
"Trogosita tenebrioides n. sp." = Tenebroides tenebrioides
"Trogosita tenebrioides n. sp." = Tenebroides tenebrioides Germar 1837 bark gnawing beetle | |
"Buprestis major n. sp." = Buprestites major, "Buprestis alutacea n. sp." = Buprestites alutacea, "Buprestis carbonum" = Buprestites carbonum
"Buprestis major n. sp." = Buprestites major Germar 1837 jewel beetle
"Buprestis alutacea n. sp." = Buprestites alutacea Germar 1837 jewel beetle
"Buprestis carbonum" = Buprestites carbonum Germar 1837 jewel beetle | |
Silpha stratuum n. sp.
Silpha stratuum n. sp. Germar 1837 rove beetle | |
? Coccinella protogaeae n. sp.
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Geotrupes vetustus n. sp.
Geotrupes vetustus n. sp. Germar 1837 earth-boring dung beetle | |
Platycerus sepultus n. sp.
Platycerus sepultus n. sp. Germar 1837 stag beetle | |
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Alydus pristinus n. sp.
Alydus pristinus n. sp. Germar 1837 winged insect | |
Bibio lignarius n. sp., Bibio xylophilus n. sp., "? Phthiria dubia n. sp." = Plecia dubia, "Helophilus primarius n. sp." = Plecia dubia
Bibio xylophilus n. sp. Germar 1837 march fly
"? Phthiria dubia n. sp." = Plecia dubia Germar 1837 love bug
"Helophilus primarius n. sp." = Plecia dubia Germar 1837 love bug |