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 classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by Knorr
• Plate 33, fig 5 in Knorr's "Oddities of Nature" is perhaps taken from this stone, based on its similar appearance.
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 113711: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Oedipoda oeningensis n. sp.
Oedipoda oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1849 short-horned grasshopper | |
"Libellula" eurynome, "Libellula" thoe n. sp.
"Libellula" thoe n. sp. Heer 1849 true dragonfly larvae, specimens from multiple collections (not stated)
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