Vaduz (Triassic of Liechtenstein)

Where: Liechtenstein (47.1° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Keuper Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Keuper spans Late Ladinian-Norian; probably Carnian based on flora.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1853. Beschreibung der angeführten Pflanzen und Insekten. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 13:115-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102709: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera -
"Glaphyroptera pterophylli n. sp." = Pseudobuprestites pterophylli, "Curculionites prodromus n. sp." = Pseudocurculionites prodromus
"Glaphyroptera pterophylli n. sp." = Pseudobuprestites pterophylli Heer 1853 beetle
"Curculionites prodromus n. sp." = Pseudocurculionites prodromus Heer 1853 beetle