PBDB Collection

F19, Arièges, Lodève Basin (Permian of France)

Where: France (43.6° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Merifons Member (Salagou Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Between the 500-800 marker beds. Merifrons Member is primarily Kungurian age, according to Michel et al. (2015), constrained by Artinskian radiometric ages in the underlying Octon Mb.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified claystone

• Small ponds on a playa lake; Lodève Basin, half-graben

• Fossils found in rills or siltstone channels

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. Lapeyrie

• Repository: Musée Fleury, Lodève

Primary reference: O. Béthoux, A. Nel, J. Lapeyrie and G. Gand. 2005. New data on Paleozoic grylloblattid insects (Neoptera). Journal of Paleontology 79:125-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103637: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2011, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae	Curvitupus ariegensis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Curvitupus ariegensis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Nel et al. 2009 griffinfly LdLAP 33A, 33B, 35A-B
Cnemidolestodea - Tococladidae	Tococladus garrici n. sp.¹ Tococladus garrici n. sp.¹ Béthoux et al. 2003 winged insect LdLAP 308ab, 141ab, 309ab
Caloneurodea - Lodevogrammatidae	Lodevogramma pumilia n. gen. n. sp.⁵, Lodevogramma pumilia⁵ Lodevogramma pumilia n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Nel et al. 2023 winged insect Ld LAP 2022.2.1, 2022.3.1 Lodevogramma pumilia⁵ Nel et al. 2023 winged insect LdLAP 340 ab
Dicondylia -	Bethouxia ariegensis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Bethouxia ariegensis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Prokop et al. 2015 winged insect Ld LAP 405
Orthoptera - Proparagryllacrididae	Crinoedischia lapeyriei n. sp.³ Crinoedischia lapeyriei n. sp.³ Fernandes et al. 2015 grasshopper Ld LAP 5A bis
Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae	Strephocladus gandi n. sp.⁶ Strephocladus gandi n. sp.⁶ Prokop et al. 2015 winged insect Ld LAP 313
Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae	Depressopterum minutus n. sp. Depressopterum minutus n. sp. Béthoux et al. 2005 ice crawler Ld LAP 136AB
Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae	Euroscytina lutevanorum n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Euroscytina lutevanorum n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Prokop et al. 2015 true bug 96/6/86
Hemiptera - Archescytinidae	Archescytina "sp. A"⁶ Archescytina "sp. A"⁶ Tillyard 1926 true bug Ld LAP 134, 451
Diaphanopterodea - Martynoviidae	Martynoviidae indet.², Salagouneura chimaira², Phaneroneura minuta², Martynovia aff. insignis² Martynoviidae indet.² Tillyard 1932 winged insect LdLAP 7, 135, 307, 402ab, 404 Salagouneura chimaira² Béthoux et al. 2003 winged insect LdLAP 133 Phaneroneura minuta² Béthoux et al. 2003 winged insect LdLAP 19 Martynovia aff. insignis² Tillyard 1932 winged insect LdLAP 148

¹Béthoux et al. 2003; ²Béthoux et al. 2003; ³Fernandes et al. 2015; ⁴Nel et al. 2009; ⁵Nel et al. 2023; ⁶Prokop et al. 2015