North end of Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (BMNH collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bembridge Marls Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Insect Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, argillaceous limestone

• The Bembridge Marls were deposited in fresh-brackish water lakes and lagoons

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. Nel and G. Fleck. 2014. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from the Late Eocene of the Isle of Wight. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104:283-306 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113829: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) fasciatipennis3, Cheilotrichia (Cheilotrichia) duplicata n. sp.3, Limnophila (Limnophila) deleta3
Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) fasciatipennis3 Cockerell 1921 crane fly
NHMUK II 2848
Cheilotrichia (Cheilotrichia) duplicata n. sp.3 Krzemiński 2019 crane fly
NHMUK II 2763
Limnophila (Limnophila) deleta3 Cockerell 1921 crane fly
NHMUK II 2764
 Diptera - Anisopodidae
Sylvicola hooleyi3
Sylvicola hooleyi3 Cockerell 1921 wood gnat
NHMUK II 2811
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Pericoma primaeva3
Pericoma primaeva3 Cockerell 1915 moth fly
NHMUK In.64535, II.2719
 Odonata - Cordulephyidae
Neophya legrandi
Neophya legrandi Nel and Fleck 2014 true dragonfly
BMNH II.2851
 Hemiptera - Tropiduchidae
Krundia sp.7, Krundia korba n. gen. n. sp.7
Krundia sp.7 Szwedo 2019 planthopper
NHMUK Pl II 2714
Krundia korba n. gen. n. sp.7 Szwedo 2019 planthopper
NHMUK Pl II 2740a,b
 Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Komsitija tuberculata n. gen. n. sp.7
Komsitija tuberculata n. gen. n. sp.7 Szwedo 2019 cixiid planthopper
NHMUK Pl II 2999
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Teleoschistus sp.7
Teleoschistus sp.7 Scudder 1890 stink bug
NHMUK Pl II.2713a
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Diacorixites szwedoi n. gen. n. sp.7
Diacorixites szwedoi n. gen. n. sp.7 Popov 2019 water boatman
NHMUK Pl II.3045
 Blattodea - Pseudophyllodromiidae
Balta protosimilis n. sp.5
Balta protosimilis n. sp.5 Ross 2019 cockroach
NHMUK II.2831a,b
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Bembracon medialis n. sp.1
Bembracon medialis n. sp.1 Belokobylskij 2014 wasp
BMNH PI II.2760
 Dicondylia -
Neuroptera indet.4
Neuroptera indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 lacewing
NHMUK II.2981
 Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
? Chrysopidae indet.4
? Chrysopidae indet.4 Schneider 1851 green lacewing
NHMUK II.2989
 Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
Hemerobiidae indet.4, ? Sympherobius sp.4
Hemerobiidae indet.4 Latreille 1802 brown lacewing
NHMUK II.2988
? Sympherobius sp.4 Banks 1904 brown lacewing
NHMUK II.2979
 Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Cupedinae indet.2
Cupedinae indet.2 Lacordaire 1857 reticulated beetle
NHMUK PI II 2717
 Trichoptera - Beraeidae
Beraeodes vectensis6
Beraeodes vectensis6 Cockerell 1921 caddisfly
BMNH PI II.2823
1Antropov et al. 2014; 2Kirejtshuk et al. 2019; 3Krzemiński et al. 2019; 4Nel and Jarzembowski 2019; 5Ross 2019; 6Sukatsheva 2014; 7Szwedo et al. 2019