Reinsdorf (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.7° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 18.8° E)

When: Rußkohlenflötz Formation, Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Erzgebirge basin; extensional basin formed during transtension within Variscan belt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1909. Über die fossilen Insekten aus dem mittleren Oberkarbon des Königreiches Sachsen. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 2:373-381 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146166: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 17.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea -
Blattoidea lobata n. sp. Handlirsch 1909 cockroach
nymph abdomen