Böttingen (SMNS collection) (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as Bottingen; Böttinger Marmor

Where: Wurttemberg, Germany (48.4° N, 9.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thermalsinterkalk Formation, Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: spring; lithified travertine

• Hydrothermal travertine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, permineralized

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1931. Die Insektenfauna des Böttinger Marmors. Fortschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie 9:247-406 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113752: 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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Myriapoda
 Julida - Julidae
Julidae indet., Julus suevicus n. sp.1
Julidae indet. Leach 1814 millipede
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 77, 78
Julus suevicus n. sp.1 Dietlen 1902 millipede
Malacostraca
 Eumalacostraca -
Isopoda indet.
Isopoda indet. Latreille 1817 isopod
Arachnida
 Araneae -
Araneae indet.
Araneae indet. Clerck 1757 spider
 Scorpiones - Scorpionidae
"Scorpio zeuneri n. sp." = Mioscorpio zeuneri2
"Scorpio zeuneri n. sp." = Mioscorpio zeuneri2 Hadzi 1931 scorpion
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 95
Insecta
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
"Aeschnidae indet." = Aeshnidae
"Aeschnidae indet." = Aeshnidae Leach 1815 darner dragonfly
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 28
 Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae
Gryllotalpa miocaenica n. sp.
Gryllotalpa miocaenica n. sp. Zeuner 1931 mole cricket
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 9
 Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Rammea laticeps n. gen. n. sp.
Rammea laticeps n. gen. n. sp. Zeuner 1931 katydid
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 1
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
Acrididae indet., Catantopinae indet.5, Miocaenacris soergeli n. gen. n. sp., Protocatantops gracilis n. gen. n. sp., Protocatantops miocaenicus n. sp.
Acrididae indet. Latreille 1802 short-horned grasshopper
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 7, 8, 40, 42, 58, 92
Catantopinae indet.5 Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 spur-throated grasshopper
SMNS Coll. 6
Miocaenacris soergeli n. gen. n. sp. Zeuner 1931 spur-throated grasshopper
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 45, 44
Protocatantops gracilis n. gen. n. sp. Zeuner 1931 spur-throated grasshopper
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 2, 5
Protocatantops miocaenicus n. sp. Zeuner 1931 spur-throated grasshopper
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 3, 4
 Mantodea - Mantidae
Mantis boettingensis n. sp.
Mantis boettingensis n. sp. Zeuner 1931 praying mantis
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 10
 Hymenoptera - Sphecidae
Sphex bischoffi n. sp.
Sphex bischoffi n. sp. Zeuner 1931 digger wasp
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 26
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Apis armbrusteri
Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 47
 Dicondylia -
Lepidoptera indet., Lepidoptera indet.3
Lepidoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 moth
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 12, 16, 17, 18, 48
Lepidoptera indet.3 Linnaeus 1758 moth
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 11, 15, 19
 Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
Nymphalites sp.4
Nymphalites sp.4 Scudder 1889 brush-footed butterfly
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 46
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Lixus sp., Otiorrhynchus boettingensis n. sp.
Lixus sp. Fabricius 1801 snout beetle
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 20
Otiorrhynchus boettingensis n. sp. van Emden 1931 snout beetle
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 22
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet.
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 21
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
"Hydrophilus caraboides" = Hydrochara caraboides, Hydrophilus kuntzeni n. sp.
"Hydrophilus caraboides" = Hydrochara caraboides Linnaeus 1758 lesser silver water beetle
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 24
Hydrophilus kuntzeni n. sp. Zeuner 1931 water scavenger beetle
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 23, 25
 Diptera -
Syrphopsis globosiceps n. gen. n. sp.
Syrphopsis globosiceps n. gen. n. sp. Zeuner 1931 fly
SMNS Bottingen Coll. 29
1Dietlen 1902; 2Hadzi 1931; 3Heikkilä et al. 2018; 4Kozlov 1988; 5Zeuner 1941