Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 1.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rhaetian to Rhaetian (208.5 - 196.5 Ma)
• Brodie's material came from upper Rhaetian to lower Hettangian strata
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Rev. P.B. Brodie; reposited in the BMNH, USNM
• Purchased by British Museum in 1898. Some material given by Brodie to Mr. Lacoe, who donated it to the US National Museum.
Primary reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124688: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Meshemipteron incertum n. gen. n. sp.1
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Orthophlebia longissima n. sp.3
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"Hagla anglica n. sp." = Hagla gracilis4 Giebel 1856 hump-winged cricket Specimen in pl 10, fig 5 (specimen lost, according to Zeuner 1939)
"Hagla similis n. sp." = Hagla gracilis3 Giebel 1856 hump-winged cricket Specimen in pl 8, fig 6 (specimen lost, according to Zeuner 1939)
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"Orthophlebia lata n. sp." = Orthophlebia liassica3, "Orthophlebia communis" = Orthophlebia liassica1
"Orthophlebia lata n. sp." = Orthophlebia liassica3 Mantell 1844 scorpionfly Specimen in pl 10, fig 11
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Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
Pseudotelephorus punctulatus n. sp.1, Pseudotelephorus haueri1, Pseudotelephorus grandis n. sp.1, "Gyrinus dubius n. sp." = Paragyrinus dubius3, Anhydrophilus brodiei n. gen. n. sp.4
Anhydrophilus brodiei n. gen. n. sp.4 Handlirsch 1906 beetle Specimen in pl 6, fig 30 ("a globular aquatic beetle")
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"Omma liassica" = Omma liassicum2
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"Elater neptuni n. sp." = Plastelater neptuni3
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"Holcoptera confluens n. sp." = Holcoptera schlotheimi1
"Holcoptera confluens n. sp." = Holcoptera schlotheimi1 Giebel 1856 beetle Lacoe 3482, 3483, 3498 (USNM 61407)
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Notokistus brodiei n. gen. n. sp.4, Hadrocephalus anglicus n. gen. n. sp.4, Hadrocephalus liasinus n. sp.4, Hadrocephalus minor n. sp.4
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Nematophlebia plicata n. gen. n. sp.1
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? Libellula decapitata n. sp.5
? Libellula decapitata n. sp.5 Selys-Longchamps 1850 dragonfly Specimen in pl 9, fig 1 ("appears to be the head of a dragon-fly")
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Hemerobius higginsi n. sp.
Hemerobius higginsi n. sp. Brodie 1845 insect |