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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Chironomus oeningensis n. sp.
Chironomus oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1849 non biting midge
 Diptera - Bibionidae
"Protomyia jucunda" = Plecia jucunda, "Protomyia affinis n. sp." = Plecia jucunda, Bibio brevis, Bibio moestus, Bibio pulchellus n. sp., Bibio fusiformis
"Protomyia jucunda" = Plecia jucunda Heer 1849 love bug
"Protomyia affinis n. sp." = Plecia jucunda Heer 1849 love bug
Bibio brevis Heer 1849 march fly
Presumably in lot ETHZ Pl. I 856
Bibio moestus Heer 1849 march fly
Bibio pulchellus n. sp. Heer 1849 march fly
Bibio fusiformis Heer 1849 march fly
 Diptera - Asilidae
Asilus antiquus
Asilus antiquus Heer 1849 robber fly
 Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
"Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp." = Miotermes insignis
"Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp." = Miotermes insignis Heer 1849 termite
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp.
Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp. Heer 1849 short-horned grasshopper
 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 - Cerambycidae
Clytus melancholicus n. sp.1, "Saperda nephele n. sp." = Eutetrapha nephele1
Clytus melancholicus n. sp.1 Heer 1847 longhorned beetle
"Saperda nephele n. sp." = Eutetrapha nephele1 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 - Curculionidae
Pristorhynchus ellipticus n. gen. n. sp.1
Pristorhynchus ellipticus n. gen. n. sp.1 Heer 1847 snout 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
Cephites fragilis n. sp., "Ponera longaeva n. sp." = Poneropsis longaeva, "Ponera fuliginosa" = Poneropsis fuliginosa, "Ponera ventrosa" = Poneropsis ventrosa, Formica gravida, Formica pulchella n. sp., Formica procera, Formica demersa, "Formica heraclea" = Camponotites heracleus, "Formica lignitum" = Camponotites lignitus, Imhoffia nigra, "Formica pinguicula" = Camponotus pinguiculus
Cephites fragilis n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
"Ponera longaeva n. sp." = Poneropsis longaeva Heer 1849 ant
"Ponera fuliginosa" = Poneropsis fuliginosa Heer 1849 ant
ssp. oeningensis
"Ponera ventrosa" = Poneropsis ventrosa Heer 1849 ant
Formica gravida Heer 1849 ant
Formica pulchella n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica procera Heer 1849 ant
Formica demersa Heer 1849 ant
"Formica heraclea" = Camponotites heracleus Heer 1849 ant
"Formica lignitum" = Camponotites lignitus Germar 1837 ant
Imhoffia nigra Heer 1849 ant
"Formica pinguicula" = Camponotus pinguiculus Heer 1849 ant
ssp. oeningensis; three fragmentary and uncertain
 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
 Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Harpactor constrictus n. sp.2, "Pirates oeningensis n. sp." = Peirates oeningensis2
Harpactor constrictus n. sp.2 Heer 1853 assassin bug
lower quarry
"Pirates oeningensis n. sp." = Peirates oeningensis2 Heer 1853 assassin bug
lower quarry
 Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
Aphrophora spumarioides2
Aphrophora spumarioides2 Heer 1853 froghopper
 Odonata -
"Libellula" melobasis n. sp., "Libellula" calypso n. sp.
"Libellula" melobasis n. sp. Heer 1849 true dragonfly
larva
"Libellula" calypso n. sp. Heer 1849 true dragonfly
larva
 Odonata - Coenagrionidae
""Agrion" aglaopheme n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaopheme, "Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaope
""Agrion" aglaopheme n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaopheme Heer 1849 narrow-winged damselfly
larva
"Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaope Heer 1849 narrow-winged damselfly
1Heer 1847; 2Heer 1853