Rudgwick Brickworks, Upper Weald Clay (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Weald Clay Formation), Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. V. Gorochov, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2006. Grasshoppers and crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 27:641-662 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104005: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.02.2011, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata -
Cretahemiphlebia rossi n. gen. n. sp.4
Cretahemiphlebia rossi n. gen. n. sp.4 Jarzembowski et al. 1998 damselfly
BMB 016383
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Rossaeschnidium patriciae n. gen. n. sp.2 Fleck and Nel 2003 small darner
BMB 023806-023807
Angloaeschnidium toyei n. gen. n. sp.2 Fleck and Nel 2003 small darner
MNEMG 2001.00, BMNH II 1451
cf. Angloaeschnidium toyei2 Fleck and Nel 2003 small darner
BMNH II 1488, II 1490
Cooperaeschnidium durandi n. gen. n. sp.2 Fleck and Nel 2003 small darner
 Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Paraliupanshania britannica n. sp.1 Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly
 Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
"Libellulium standingae n. sp." = Cymatophlebia standingae3, "Libellulium zdrzaleki n. sp." = Cymatophlebia zdrzaleki3
"Libellulium standingae n. sp." = Cymatophlebia standingae3 Jarzembowski 1994 true dragonfly
Horsham Museum 1987.728
"Libellulium zdrzaleki n. sp." = Cymatophlebia zdrzaleki3 Jarzembowski 1994 true dragonfly
Horsham Museum 1987.727
 Hymenoptera - Blasticotomidae
Undatoma rudgwickensis n. sp.8 Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 wood wasp
BMB 018502/3 (between beds 3a and 3c)
 Hymenoptera - Maimetshidae
"Turgonalus cooperi n. sp." = Turgonaliscus cooperi8
"Turgonalus cooperi n. sp." = Turgonaliscus cooperi8 Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 wasp
BMB 016385/6 (between beds 3a and 3c, coll. A.J. Ross)
 Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae
Pompilopterus corpus n. sp.8 Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 apoid wasp
BMB 018523/4 (between beds 3a and 3c; coll. A.J. Ross)
 Mecoptera - Englathaumatidae
Englathauma crabbi n. gen. n. sp.7
Englathauma crabbi n. gen. n. sp.7 Novokshonov et al. 2016 scorpionfly
BMB 021962/3
 Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Mesoraphidia hilli n. sp.5 Jepson et al. 2011 snakefly
 Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Principiala rudgwickensis n. sp.6 Jepson et al. 2009 moth lacewing
BMB 025005-6
 Orthoptera - Baissogryllidae
Notocearagryllus grandispeculum n. sp. Gorochov et al. 2006 grasshopper
 Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Panorpidium bimaculatum n. sp. Gorochov et al. 2006 grasshopper