Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.4° N, 10.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 17.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Boreale zone, Posidonia Shale Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Specimens deposited in the Min. Geol. Inst. d. Techn. Hochschule Braunschweig
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 107555: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 09.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Dorniella brunsvicensis" = Dorniella pulchra
"Dorniella brunsvicensis" = Dorniella pulchra Bode 1953 insect | |
"Paratipula brunsvicensis" = Architipula brunsvicensis
"Paratipula brunsvicensis" = Architipula brunsvicensis Handlirsch 1939 crane fly | |
Fulgoridium incertecoloratum, "Elasmocelidium boreale" = Elasmoscelidium boreale
Fulgoridium incertecoloratum Bode 1953 planthopper
"Elasmocelidium boreale" = Elasmoscelidium boreale Bode 1905 planthopper | |
"Elcana continentalis n. sp." = Panorpidium minima, "Elcana hirundo n. sp." = Panorpidium minima, "Elcana strix n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi, "Elcana ligulaeformis n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi, "Elcana belli n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi
"Elcana continentalis n. sp." = Panorpidium minima Handlirsch 1906 grasshopper
"Elcana hirundo n. sp." = Panorpidium minima Handlirsch 1906 grasshopper
"Elcana strix n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi Heer 1880 grasshopper
"Elcana ligulaeformis n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi Heer 1880 grasshopper
"Elcana belli n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi Heer 1880 grasshopper | |
Protobittacus desacuminatus Bode 1953 hangingfly | |
Zetemenos sexlineatus Bode 1953 beetle | |
Camaricopterus ovalis Bode 1953 beetle | |
Sphaerocantharis defossa, "Theornithion striatum" = Sphaerocantharis striata
Sphaerocantharis defossa Bode 1953 beetle
"Theornithion striatum" = Sphaerocantharis striata Bode 1953 beetle | |
"Spalacoides simplex" = Aposphinctus conservatus
"Spalacoides simplex" = Aposphinctus conservatus Bode 1953 water scavenger beetle | |
"Cricotrachelites rotundatus" = Amphoxyne minuta, "Cricotrachelites similis" = Amphoxyne minuta
"Cricotrachelites rotundatus" = Amphoxyne minuta Bode 1953 beetle
"Cricotrachelites similis" = Amphoxyne minuta Bode 1953 beetle | |
"Liassocarabites pulcher" = Prosynactus gracilis, "Cardioides longealatus" = Prosynactus scissus
"Liassocarabites pulcher" = Prosynactus gracilis Bode 1953 false ground beetle
"Cardioides longealatus" = Prosynactus scissus Bode 1953 false ground beetle | |
"Amblycephalonius tenuistriatus" = Amblycephalonius tenuistriatus, "Tricyrtus tenuistriatus" = Amblycephalonius tenuistriatus
"Amblycephalonius tenuistriatus" = Amblycephalonius tenuistriatus Bode 1953 beetle
"Tricyrtus tenuistriatus" = Amblycephalonius tenuistriatus Bode 1953 beetle | |
"Prohemerobius rotundatus" = Parhemerobius dilatatus, "Solenoptilon grasselense" = Paractinophlebia grasselensis
"Prohemerobius rotundatus" = Parhemerobius dilatatus Bode 1953 lacewing
"Solenoptilon grasselense" = Paractinophlebia grasselensis Bode 1953 lacewing | |
"Trirhabdoblattina borealis" = Liadoblattina blakei
"Trirhabdoblattina borealis" = Liadoblattina blakei Scudder 1886 cockroach | |
"Heterophlebia proxima" = Heterophlebia buckmani
"Heterophlebia proxima" = Heterophlebia buckmani Brodie 1845 dragonfly |