PBDB Collection

Oeningen (von Seyfried collection) (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47.7° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN-7 mammal zone, Upper Oehningen beds Member (Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation), Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified limestone

• "meromictic maar lake of approximately 1000 m in diameter and perhaps up to 100 m in depth" (Lutz, 1997). "Deposited in the Northern Alpine Foreland basin" (Uhl et al., 2006).

• "limestone" (Noble 1928)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by von Seyfried

• Repository: ETH Zurich

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113689: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Bibionidae	Bibio moestus, Bibio pulchellus n. sp., Bibio brevis, Bibio fusiformis, "Protomyia jucunda" = Plecia jucunda, "Protomyia affinis n. sp." = Plecia jucunda Bibio moestus Heer 1849 march fly Bibio pulchellus n. sp. Heer 1849 march fly Bibio brevis Heer 1849 march fly Presumably in lot ETHZ Pl. I 856 Bibio fusiformis Heer 1849 march fly "Protomyia jucunda" = Plecia jucunda Heer 1849 love bug "Protomyia affinis n. sp." = Plecia jucunda Heer 1849 love bug
Diptera - Asilidae	Asilus antiquus Asilus antiquus Heer 1849 robber fly
Diptera - Chironomidae	Chironomus oeningensis n. sp. Chironomus oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1849 non biting midge
Odonata - Coenagrionidae	"Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaope, ""Agrion" aglaopheme n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaopheme "Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaope Heer 1849 narrow-winged damselfly ""Agrion" aglaopheme n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaopheme Heer 1849 narrow-winged damselfly larva
Odonata -	"Libellula" calypso n. sp., "Libellula" melobasis n. sp. "Libellula" calypso n. sp. Heer 1849 true dragonfly larva "Libellula" melobasis n. sp. Heer 1849 true dragonfly larva
Coleoptera - Elateridae	"Ampedus seyfriedii n. sp." = Ampedus (Ampedus) seyfriedii¹ "Ampedus seyfriedii n. sp." = Ampedus (Ampedus) seyfriedii¹ Heer 1847 click beetle
Coleoptera - Buprestidae	Capnodis antiqua¹, "Ancylochira rusticana n. sp." = Buprestis rusticana¹, "Ancylochira seyfriedii n. sp." = Buprestis seyfriedi¹, Fuesslinia amoena n. gen. n. sp.¹ Capnodis antiqua¹ Heer 1847 jewel beetle "Ancylochira rusticana n. sp." = Buprestis rusticana¹ Heer 1847 jewel beetle "Ancylochira seyfriedii n. sp." = Buprestis seyfriedi¹ Heer 1847 jewel beetle Fuesslinia amoena n. gen. n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 jewel beetle
Coleoptera - Byrrhidae	Byrrhus oeningensis n. sp.¹ Byrrhus oeningensis n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 pill beetle
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	Pristorhynchus ellipticus n. gen. n. sp.¹ Pristorhynchus ellipticus n. gen. n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 snout beetle
Coleoptera - Cerambycidae	"Saperda nephele n. sp." = Eutetrapha nephele¹, Clytus melancholicus n. sp.¹ "Saperda nephele n. sp." = Eutetrapha nephele¹ Heer 1847 longhorned beetle Clytus melancholicus n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 longhorned beetle
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	Clytra pandorae n. sp.¹, Chrysomela punctigera n. sp.¹, Donacia palaemonis n. sp.¹ Clytra pandorae n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 leaf beetle Chrysomela punctigera n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 leaf beetle Donacia palaemonis n. sp.¹ Heer 1847 leaf beetle
Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae	"Cistela dominula n. sp." = Allecula dominula¹ "Cistela dominula n. sp." = Allecula dominula¹ Heer 1847 comb-clawed beetle
Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae	"Tenthredo vetusta n. sp." = Taxonus vetustus "Tenthredo vetusta n. sp." = Taxonus vetustus Heer 1849 wood wasp
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	Imhoffia nigra, Formica demersa, Formica pulchella n. sp., Formica procera, Formica gravida, "Formica pinguicula" = Camponotus pinguiculus, "Formica lignitum" = Camponotus lignitus, "Formica heraclea" = Camponotus heracleus, "Ponera ventrosa" = Poneropsis ventrosa, "Ponera longaeva n. sp." = Poneropsis longaeva, "Ponera fuliginosa" = Poneropsis fuliginosa, Cephites fragilis n. sp. Imhoffia nigra Heer 1849 ant Formica demersa Heer 1849 ant Formica pulchella n. sp. Heer 1849 ant Formica procera Heer 1849 ant Formica gravida Heer 1849 ant "Formica pinguicula" = Camponotus pinguiculus Heer 1849 ant ssp. oeningensis; three fragmentary and uncertain "Formica lignitum" = Camponotus lignitus Germar 1837 ant "Formica heraclea" = Camponotus heracleus Heer 1849 ant "Ponera ventrosa" = Poneropsis ventrosa Heer 1849 ant "Ponera longaeva n. sp." = Poneropsis longaeva Heer 1849 ant "Ponera fuliginosa" = Poneropsis fuliginosa Heer 1849 ant ssp. oeningensis Cephites fragilis n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Orthoptera - Acrididae	Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp. Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp. Heer 1849 short-horned grasshopper
Blattodea - Mastotermitidae	"Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp." = Miotermes insignis "Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp." = Miotermes insignis Heer 1849 termite
Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae	Aphrophora spumarioides² Aphrophora spumarioides² Heer 1853 froghopper
Hemiptera - Reduviidae	"Pirates oeningensis n. sp." = Peirates oeningensis², Harpactor constrictus n. sp.² "Pirates oeningensis n. sp." = Peirates oeningensis² Heer 1853 assassin bug lower quarry Harpactor constrictus n. sp.² Heer 1853 assassin bug lower quarry
Hemiptera - Coreidae	Syromastes seyfriedi n. sp.² Syromastes seyfriedi n. sp.² Heer 1853 leaf-footed bug lower quarry, with Formica primordialis
Hemiptera - Pentatomidae	Pentatoma appendiculatum n. sp.² Pentatoma appendiculatum n. sp.² Heer 1853 stink bug lower quarry

¹Heer 1847; ²Heer 1853