Randeck Maar (SMNS coll) (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Randeck Maar Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• Early/Middle Miocene (Burdigalian, Karpatian, MN 5, ca. 16–18 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified, carbonaceous lime mudstone

• Volcanic lake
• Bituminous laminites ("dysodiles") and laminated, varve-like limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: L. Armbruster. 1938. Versteinerte Honigbienen aus dem obermiocänen Randecker Maar. Archiv für Bienenkunde 19:1-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109058: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Miotermes randeckensis n. sp.8 von Rosen 1913 termite
SMNS 2048 in Armbruster 1941
 Blattodea - Termitidae
Eutermes fraasi n. sp.8 von Rosen 1913 termite
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Diacorixa germanica n. sp.4 Popov 1989 water boatman
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
"Apis armbrusteri" = Apis armbrusteri3, "Hauffapis scheeri" = Apis armbrusteri, "Hauffapis scheuthlei" = Apis armbrusteri
"Apis armbrusteri" = Apis armbrusteri3 Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee
SMNS 64671/11a, 11bc, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 49, 50, 64675
"Hauffapis scheeri" = Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee
No. 49 (coll. O. Fraas 1859)
"Hauffapis scheuthlei" = Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee
No. 47, 48 (coll. O. Fraas 1859)
 Lepidoptera - Zygaenidae
Zygaenites controversus n. gen. n. sp.1 Burgeff 1951 moth
Zygaena miocaenica n. sp.5 Reiss 1936 moth
SMNS 22342
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet.6 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
SMNS 61240-61248, elytra 61249-61280
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Dytiscidae indet.6 Leach 1815 predaceous diving beetle
SMNS 61188, 61189
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabidae indet.6 Latreille 1802 ground beetle
SMNS 61184-61187
 Coleoptera - Anthicidae
Anthicidae indet.6 Latreille 1819 ant like flower beetle
SMNS 61210
 Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
Coccinellidae indet.6 Latreille 1807 ladybird beetle
SMNS 61207-61209
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet.6 Latreille 1802 leaf beetle
SMNS 61211-61234
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionidae indet.6 Latreille 1802 snout beetle
SMNS 61235-61239
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Cantharidae indet.6 Imhoff 1856 soldier beetle
SMNS 61201-61205
 Coleoptera - Dryopidae
Dryopidae indet.6 Billberg 1820 long toed water beetle
SMNS 61206
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Staphylinidae indet.6 Latreille 1802 rove beetle
SMNS 61190-61195
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilidae indet.6 Latreille 1802 water scavenger beetle
SMNS 61196-61200
 Diptera - Syrphidae
Helophilus nothobombus n. sp.2 Kotthoff and Schmid 2005 hover fly
SMNS 64674/39
Arachnida
 Araneae - Lycosidae
Lycosa lithographica n. sp.7 Schawaller and Ono 1979 wolf spider
SMNS 24812
Lycosa miocaena n. sp.7 Schawaller and Ono 1979 wolf spider
SMNS 24810
Lycosa cf. miocaena7 Schawaller and Ono 1979 wolf spider
SMNS 24811
 Araneae - Salticidae
Euophrys randeckensis n. sp.7 Schawaller and Ono 1979 spider
SMNS 24813