Oeningen (unspecified collection) (Miocene of Germany)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 45.5° N, 10.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

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 class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

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 113695: 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
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Myrmica tertiaria oeningensis
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Telephorus tertiarius oeningensis1
 Hemiptera -
Nepa atavina n. sp.2
Nepa atavina n. sp.2 Heer 1853 true bug
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
"Cydnopsis tertiaria" = Cydnus tertiarius2
"Cydnopsis tertiaria" = Cydnus tertiarius2 Heer 1853 burrowing bug
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
Acrididae indet.4, "Scyllina oeningensis" = Oedipoda oeningensis3
Acrididae indet.4 Latreille 1802 short-horned grasshopper
"Scyllina oeningensis" = Oedipoda oeningensis3 Heer 1849 short-horned grasshopper
 Trichoptera -
""Phryganea" antiqua n. sp." = Terrindusia antiqua
""Phryganea" antiqua n. sp." = Terrindusia antiqua Heer 1849 caddisfly
larva
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Melolonthites obsoleta n. sp.1
Melolonthites obsoleta n. sp.1 Heer 1847 scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Cleonus leucosiae n. sp.1
Cleonus leucosiae n. sp.1 Heer 1847 snout beetle
questionably from Oeningen
 Coleoptera - Attelabidae
"Rhynchites silenus n. sp." = Paleauletobius silenus1
"Rhynchites silenus n. sp." = Paleauletobius silenus1 Heer 1847 leaf rolling weevil
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formica immersa n. sp., Formica lavateri n. sp., Formica seuberti n. sp., Formica primitiva n. sp., Formica primordialis n. sp., "Myrmica rugiceps n. sp." = Carebara rugiceps, Myrmica molassica n. sp., Myrmica macrocephala n. sp.
Formica immersa n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica lavateri n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica seuberti n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
20 incomplete and tentative
Formica primitiva n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica primordialis n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Includes four tentative
"Myrmica rugiceps n. sp." = Carebara rugiceps Heer 1849 ant
Myrmica molassica n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Myrmica macrocephala n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
 Odonata - Lestidae
"Agrion (Lestes) peisinoe n. sp." = Lestes peisinoe, "Agrion (Lestes) ligea n. sp." = Lestes ligea
"Agrion (Lestes) peisinoe n. sp." = Lestes peisinoe Heer 1849 spread-winged damselfly
"Agrion (Lestes) ligea n. sp." = Lestes ligea Heer 1849 spread-winged damselfly
1Heer 1847; 2Heer 1853; 3Zeuner 1941; 4Zeuner 1943