Schandelah, near Braunschweig (Ansorge coll.) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Posidonia Shale Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• "Soft, fine splitting marl slate"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. Ansorge

Primary reference: P. Vršanský and J. Ansorge. 2007. Lower Jurassic cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria ) from Germany and England. African Invertebrates 48(1):103-126 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117795: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 26.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimen are from the private collection of J. Ansorge, later to be housed at the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität, Berlin
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Insecta
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Praemacrochile decipiens4
Praemacrochile decipiens4 Bode 1953 moth fly
S2(18), S4(2,21), S12(5), S103, S247, S11, S188, S89, S106
 Diptera - Hennigmatidae
Metatrichopteridium confusum1
Metatrichopteridium confusum1 Handlirsch 1939 fly
A62 (coll. F.J. Kruger)
 Diptera -
Nemestrinoidea indet.3
Nemestrinoidea indet.3 Macquart 1834 fly
S 2(2)
 Hemiptera - Fulgoridiidae
Fulgoridium cf. balticum3, "Elasmocelidium boreale" = Elasmoscelidium boreale3
Fulgoridium cf. balticum3 Geinitz 1880 planthopper
S 32
"Elasmocelidium boreale" = Elasmoscelidium boreale3 Bode 1905 planthopper
S 28
 Blattodea - Blattulidae
Blattula langfeldti
Blattula langfeldti Geinitz 1880 cockroach
S 137, 139
 Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Necrotaulius parvulus2
Necrotaulius parvulus2 Geinitz 1884 winged insect
S2(9), 2(20), 2(34), 32(2), 83, 93(4), 109, 145, 169(2), 171(1), 173, 200, 209, 221, 248, 259, 261(1), 4(14), 22(3), 36(1), 36(3), 36(5), 38(2), 72(1)
 Neuroptera -
Raphidiodea indet.3
Raphidiodea indet.3 Handlirsch 1908 snakefly
S 38
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
Caloblattina mathildae
Caloblattina mathildae Geinitz 1883 cockroach
S 300
 Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae
Liadoblattina blakei
Liadoblattina blakei Scudder 1886 cockroach
S3-14
1Ansorge 2001; 2Ansorge 2002; 3Ansorge 2003; 4Ansorge and Krzemiński 2002