PBDB Collection

Excavation east of Niedermoschel (Permian of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.7° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jeckenbach Member (Meisenheim Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Lower Rotliegendes, Jeckenbach-Schichten, L-O5.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Saar-Nahe basin; Half-graben generated by extension on South Hunsruck bounding fault, but with some component of dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny. "They [Niedermoschel beds] represent the profundal facies of a large lake and yield an aquatic fauna…The abundance of terrestrial plants and insects has been attributed to a strong deltaic input" (Poschmann & Schindler 1997).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Palaeontological Museum Nierstein; Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz; Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Landessammlung fur Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz

Primary reference: H. Malz and M. Poschmann. 1993. Erste Süßwasser-Limuliden (Arthropoda, Chelicerata) aus dem Rotliegenden der Saar-Nahe-Senke. Osnabrücker Naturwissenschafliche Mitteilungen 19:21-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112604: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 13.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Vertebrates and crustaceans , such as ostracodes, conchostracans and syncarids"(Bethoux & Poschmann 2009). "Insects are usually preserved as paired or isolated wings, or fragments thereof. Completely preserved large wings (>2 cm) are rare. Animals with body and wings preserved are rare exceptions, and the number of such fossils decreases with increasing size" (Hornschemeyer 1998).

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Insecta
Protomeroptera - Protomeropidae	Glanomerope virgoferroa n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Glanomerope virgoferroa n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Poschmann and Nel 2021 winged insect NHMMZ PE 2021/5009-LS
Protoneuroptera - Permoberothidae	Moscheloptera phantasma n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Moscheloptera phantasma n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2022 winged insect NHMMZ PE 2020/5005-LS
Paoliida - Paoliidae	"Permomertovia simpliciradius n. gen. n. sp." = Permula simpliciradius⁵ "Permomertovia simpliciradius n. gen. n. sp." = Permula simpliciradius⁵ Poschmann and Nel 2020 winged insect NHMM PE 2020/5002-LS
Paoliida - Blattinopsidae	Glaphyrophlebia sp.², Glaphyrophlebia rohwedderi n. sp.², Glaphyrophlebia arnulfi n. sp.², Glaphyrophlebia jeckenbachi n. sp.², Glaphyrophlebia parvavena n. sp.², Blattinopsis sp.², Blattinopsis seberi n. sp.², Blattinopsis cf. reticulata², Blattinopsis cf. ebersi² Glaphyrophlebia sp.² Handlirsch 1906 winged insect Glaphyrophlebia rohwedderi n. sp.² Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001 winged insect SSN-11-NM-2, 494, 436, 810 Glaphyrophlebia arnulfi n. sp.² Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001 winged insect SSN-11-NM-441 Glaphyrophlebia jeckenbachi n. sp.² Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001 winged insect SSN-11-NM-749, 108, 162, 442, 628; LfD-NM-2; LfD-NM-5;LfD-NM-776; LfD-NM-841 Glaphyrophlebia parvavena n. sp.² Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001 winged insect SSN-11-NM-79 Blattinopsis sp.² Giebel 1867 winged insect LfD-NM-3, LfD-NM-30; LfD-NM-46; SSN-11-NM-372 Blattinopsis seberi n. sp.² Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001 winged insect SSN-11-NM-809 Blattinopsis cf. reticulata² Germar 1851 winged insect LfD-NM-1, SSN-11-NM-640 Blattinopsis cf. ebersi² Dohrn 1867 winged insect SSN-11-NM-884
Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae	Palatinarkema prokopi n. gen. n. sp.³ Palatinarkema prokopi n. gen. n. sp.³ Nel and Poschmann 2021 winged insect NHMM PE 2020/5004-LS
Eoblattida - Protophasmatidae	Nosipteron niedermoschelensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Nosipteron niedermoschelensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Béthoux and Poschmann 2009 insect PE2008/5007-LS
Eoblattida - Euryptilonidae	Oborella monsjovisensis n. sp.⁵ Oborella monsjovisensis n. sp.⁵ Poschmann and Nel 2020 insect NHMM PE 2020/5003-LS
Xiphosura
Xiphosurida - Belinuridae	"Palatinaspis beimbaueri n. gen. n. sp." = Liomesaspis laevis "Palatinaspis beimbaueri n. gen. n. sp." = Liomesaspis laevis Raymond 1944

¹Béthoux and Poschmann 2009; ²Hörnschemeyer and Stapf 2001; ³Nel and Poschmann 2021; ⁴Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2022; ⁵Poschmann and Nel 2020; ⁶Poschmann and Nel 2021