Stöschen near Linz (Oligocene of Austria)

Also known as Stösschen

Where: Austria (48.3° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lignite

• Braunkohle

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by von Dechen

• In collection of mine director von Dechen of Bonn

Primary reference: E. F. Germar. 1849. Ueber einige Insekten aus Tertiärbildungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 1:52-66 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 122879: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
? Micropus sp.2
Krantz coll
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
"Ascalaphus proavus n. sp." = Borgia proavus1
"Ascalaphus proavus n. sp." = Borgia proavus1 Hagen 1858 owlfly
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
"Buprestis xylographica n. sp." = Buprestites xylographica
"Buprestis xylographica n. sp." = Buprestites xylographica Germar 1849 jewel beetle
No collection given
 Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Ptinus antiquus n. sp.2 Von Heyden 1859 spider beetle
 Hemiptera -
Corixa pullus n. sp.2 Von Heyden 1859 true bug
Krantz coll
Typhlocyba carbonaria n. sp.2 Von Heyden 1859 true bug
Krantz coll
Arachnida
 Araneae -
"Argyroneta antiqua n. sp." = Elvina antiqua2
"Argyroneta antiqua n. sp." = Elvina antiqua2 Von Heyden 1859 spider