Schandelah, near Braunschweig (Bode collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• "Soft, fine splitting marl slate"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 107556: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 09.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimens deposited in Geol. Palaont. Institut der Bergakademie Clausthal
Insecta
 Diptera -
Rhopaloscolex brevis Bode 1953 fly
Rhopaloscolex longus Bode 1953 fly
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Architipula bodei Handlirsch 1939 crane fly
"Paratipula acuta" = Architipula acuta Bode 1953 crane fly
Architipula arculifera Bode 1905 crane fly
 Diptera -
Liassonympha guttula Bode 1953 fly
 Orthoptera - Protogryllidae
"Protogryllus minor" = Protogryllus (Protogryllus) minor
"Protogryllus minor" = Protogryllus (Protogryllus) minor Bode 1905 grasshopper
 Orthoptera - Elcanidae
"Elcana bisinflexa n. sp." = Panorpidium minima, "Elcana grasseliana n. sp." = Panorpidium minima, "Elcana latrunculorum n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi
"Elcana bisinflexa n. sp." = Panorpidium minima Handlirsch 1906 grasshopper
"Elcana grasseliana n. sp." = Panorpidium minima Handlirsch 1906 grasshopper
"Elcana latrunculorum n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi Heer 1880 grasshopper
 Coleoptera -
Pholipheron armatus Bode 1953 beetle
Phytoplesion ovatus Bode 1953 beetle
 Coleoptera - Trachypachidae
"Cyclotrachelus exsecatus" = Prosynactus gracilis
"Cyclotrachelus exsecatus" = Prosynactus gracilis Bode 1953 false ground beetle
 Neuroptera - Ithonidae
"Prohemerobius septemvirgatus" = Rasnitsyneura septemvirgatus, "Prohemerobius aequabilis" = Rasnitsyneura aequabilis
"Prohemerobius septemvirgatus" = Rasnitsyneura septemvirgatus Bode 1953 moth lacewing
PIN N4503/19
"Prohemerobius aequabilis" = Rasnitsyneura aequabilis Bode 1953 moth lacewing
 Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
"Necrotaulius marginatus" = Necrotaulius parvulus
"Necrotaulius marginatus" = Necrotaulius parvulus Geinitz 1884 winged insect
 Mecoptera -
Reprehensa acuminata Bode 1953 scorpionfly
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebia brunsvicensis Bode 1905 scorpionfly
 Hemiptera - Pachymeridiidae
Engerrophorus nitidus Bode 1953 true bug
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
"Strobilocoris mediocordatus" = Acromocoris angustus
"Strobilocoris mediocordatus" = Acromocoris angustus Bode 1953 water boatman
 Hemiptera - Archegocimicidae
Eogerridium gracile Bode 1953 shore bug
Deraiocoris insculptus Bode 1953 shore bug
Pronabis utroquelaesus Bode 1953 shore bug
 Hemiptera - Fulgoridiidae
Fulgoridium brunsvicense Handlirsch 1939 planthopper
"Fulgoridium rotundatum" = Fulgoridium schandelahensis Szwedo et al. 2004 planthopper
Fulgoridium bodei Handlirsch 1939 planthopper
 Hemiptera -
"Fulgoridium (Procerofulgoridium) planedorsatum" = Procerofulgoridium planedorsatum
"Fulgoridium (Procerofulgoridium) planedorsatum" = Procerofulgoridium planedorsatum Bode 1953 planthopper
 Odonata - Liassogomphidae
"Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) paeneparallelus" = Heterothemis brodiei
"Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) paeneparallelus" = Heterothemis brodiei Brodie 1845 dragonfly
 Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
Plagiophlebia praecostarea Bode 1953 dragonfly
Hindwing
  -
Dimeretes oculatus Bode 1953 insect