Oeningen (unspecified coll): Sarmatian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae
Agrion (Lestes) ligea n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Lestes ligea
(1 measurement)
Agrion (Lestes) peisinoe n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Lestes peisinoe
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Acrididae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Zeuner 1943
original and current combination Acrydiana
Scyllina oeningensis (Heer 1849)
Zeuner 1941
nomen dubium belonging to Acrydiana
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Telephorus tertiarius Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) tertiaria
ssp. oeningensis (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Rhynchites silenus n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Paleauletobius silenus
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Cleonus leucosiae n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Cleonini
questionably from Oeningen (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Melolonthites obsoleta n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
Insecta - Trichoptera
"Phryganea" antiqua n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Terrindusia antiqua
larva
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formica primitiva n. sp. Heer 1849
5 specimens
(2 measurements)
Formica immersa n. sp. Heer 1849
9 specimens
(2 measurements)
Formica primordialis n. sp. Heer 1849
11 specimens
Includes four tentative (2 measurements)
Formica seuberti n. sp. Heer 1849
29 specimens
20 incomplete and tentative (2 measurements)
Formica lavateri n. sp. Heer 1849
8 specimens
(1 measurement)
Myrmica molassica n. sp. Heer 1849
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Myrmica
(1 measurement)
Myrmica macrocephala n. sp. Heer 1849
8 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Myrmica
Myrmica tertiaria Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Paraphaenogaster tertiaria
ssp. oeningensis
Myrmica rugiceps n. sp. Heer 1849
8 specimens
recombined as Carebara rugiceps
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera
Nepa atavina n. sp. Heer 1853
Heer 1853 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Heteroptera
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Cydnopsis tertiaria Heer 1853
Heer 1853 1 specimen
recombined as Cydnus tertiarius
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Sarmatian Mammal zone: MN 7
Age range of interval:12.70000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Freshwater-Molasse Member:Upper Oehningen beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: "limestone" (Noble 1928)
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "Rising into massive mountains, as in the well-known Righi and Rossberg, they attain a thickness of more than 6000 feet. While they include proofs of the presenceof the sea, they have preserved with marvellous perfection a large number of the plants which clothed the Alps, and of the insects which flitted through the woodlands. They form part of a great series of deposits which have been termed “Molasse” by the Swiss geologists...By far the larger portion of these strata is of lacustrine origin. They must have been formed in a large lake, the area of which probably underwent gradual subsidence during the period of deposition, until in Miocene times the sea once more overflowed the area. We may form some idea of the importance of the lake from the fact already stated, that the deposits formed in its waters are upwards of 6000 feet thick. Thanks to the untiring labours of Professor Heer, We know more of the vegetation of the mountains round that lake during Oligocene and Miocene time than we do of that of any other ancient geological period. " Geikie, 1882
"...deposited in the Northern Alpine Foreland basin..." Uhl et al., 2006
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:113695
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:J. Karr Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-04 09:34:04 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-04 09:34:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37344. O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

38897 O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39159 O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]
47508 O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38709 O. Heer. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 22:1-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36994 A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique. Annales de Paléontologie 80(1):1-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]
36964 F. E. Zeuner. 1941. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part I, Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 8:510-522 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
36944 F. E. Zeuner. 1943. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part IV Acrididae incertae sedis and Addendum to Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 11:359-383 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
5180ETE 892F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning. 1976. A monograph on fossil bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 27(3):149-268 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]