Where: Austria (46.9° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 15.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paldau Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• "Lower Pannonian [Lower Tortonian, equivalent global stage]... Stratigraphical correlations argue for an age of ca. 11.3 Ma"
•termite was "found close to the top of the outcrop" but there are plant fossils at multiple levels
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Landesmuseum Joanneum (Universalmuseum Joanneum) collection
Primary reference: M. S. Engel and M. Gross. 2009. A giant termite from the Late Miocene of Styria, Austria (Isoptera). Naturwissenschaften 96:289-295 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105962: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Tipula paleopannonia n. sp.1
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Gyatermes styriensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Chlorocypha cordasevae n. sp.2
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