Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47.7° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 7.8° E)
• 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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Agrion (Lestes) ligea n. sp." = Lestes ligea, "Agrion (Lestes) peisinoe n. sp." = Lestes peisinoe
"Agrion (Lestes) ligea n. sp." = Lestes ligea Heer 1849 spread-winged damselfly
"Agrion (Lestes) peisinoe n. sp." = Lestes peisinoe Heer 1849 spread-winged damselfly | |
Nepa atavina n. sp.2
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"Cydnopsis tertiaria" = Cydnus tertiarius2
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"Myrmica tertiaria" = Paraphaenogaster tertiaria, Myrmica macrocephala n. sp., Myrmica molassica n. sp., "Myrmica rugiceps n. sp." = Carebara rugiceps, Formica primitiva n. sp., Formica lavateri n. sp., Formica primordialis n. sp., Formica seuberti n. sp., Formica immersa n. sp.
Myrmica macrocephala n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Myrmica molassica n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
"Myrmica rugiceps n. sp." = Carebara rugiceps Heer 1849 ant
Formica primitiva n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica lavateri n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica immersa n. sp. Heer 1849 ant | |
""Phryganea" antiqua n. sp." = Terrindusia antiqua
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"Rhynchites silenus n. sp." = Paleauletobius silenus1
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Cleonus leucosiae n. sp.1
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"Telephorus tertiarius" = Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) tertiaria1
"Telephorus tertiarius" = Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) tertiaria1 Heer 1847 soldier beetle ssp. oeningensis
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Melolonthites obsoleta n. sp.1
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