Between Sehlde & Ringelheim (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.0° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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 107557: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 10.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimen in Geol. Landesmuseum Berlin
Insecta
 Orthoptera - Elcanidae
"Elcana hubertiana n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi
"Elcana hubertiana n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi Heer 1880 grasshopper