Teufelsgrabens, near Rasch (near Altdorf) (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.9° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• Handlirsch initially assigned this to the Rhaetian, but the rich flora from Teufelsgraben and associated localities (including Brachyphyllum muensteri, Nilssonia polymorpha, Thinnfeldia, etc.) is of earliest Jurassic age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified, ferruginous, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1912. Über Insektenreste aus der Trias Frankens. Abhandlungen der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Nürnberg 18:79-82 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111215: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mancusoblattidae
Pedinoblatta stromeri n. gen. n. sp.
Pedinoblatta stromeri n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1912 cockroach