Hattorf, Fallersleben (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.4° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 17.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Posidonia Shale Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: A. Bode. 1953. Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 103:1-375 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107344: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Archegocimicidae
Ensphingocoris praerotundatus Bode 1953 shore bug
 Neuroptera - Kalligrammatidae
"Liassopsychops curvata" = Liassopsychops curvatus
"Liassopsychops curvata" = Liassopsychops curvatus Bode 1953 lacewing
BGR-NLfB N Ma 14504 (Piece of wing)
 Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
"Necrotaulius obtusior" = Necrotaulius parvulus
"Necrotaulius obtusior" = Necrotaulius parvulus Geinitz 1884 winged insect
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebia latipennisimilis Bode 1953 scorpionfly
 Odonata - Liassogomphidae
"Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) propinquus" = Heterothemis brodiei
"Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) propinquus" = Heterothemis brodiei Brodie 1845 dragonfly
 Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
"Heterophlebia proxima" = Heterophlebia buckmani
"Heterophlebia proxima" = Heterophlebia buckmani Brodie 1845 dragonfly