PBDB Collection

Camoins-les-Bains (MNHN coll) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Bouches-du-Rhone, France (43.3° N, 5.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.8° N, 8.8° E (Wright 2013)

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl

• Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique. Annales de Paléontologie 80(1):1-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113989: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Odonata - Lestidae	Lestidae "indet. larva", Lestes ceresti Lestidae "indet. larva" Calvert 1901 spread-winged damselfly MNHN-LP-R.07925 Coll. Nel Lestes ceresti Nel and Papazian 1985 spread-winged damselfly
Odonata - Sieblosiidae	Stenolestes "sp. 4", Stenolestes camoinsi n. sp. Stenolestes "sp. 4" Scudder 1895 damselfly MNHN-LP-R.10377 Coll. Nel Stenolestes camoinsi n. sp. Nel 1986 damselfly MNHN-LP-R.07450 Coll. Nel & Papazian Coll 1
Dermaptera - Forficulidae	Forficula paleoligura n. sp.² Forficula paleoligura n. sp.² Nel et al. 1994 common earwig MNHN-LP-R.10398
Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae	Archepseudophylla fossilis n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Archepseudophylla fossilis n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Nel et al. 2008 katydid MNHN-LP-R.63854
Blattodea - Mastotermitidae	Mastotermes sp.⁵, Mastotermes picardi n. sp.⁵ Mastotermes sp.⁵ Froggatt 1897 termite MNHN IPM-R.54336 Mastotermes picardi n. sp.⁵ Nel and Paicheler 1993 termite MNHN IPM-R.54196
Hymenoptera - Apidae	Apis "sp. A"³, Xylocopa celineae n. sp.⁶ Apis "sp. A"³ Linnaeus 1758 honey bee MNHN-LP-R.08384, 08385 Xylocopa celineae n. sp.⁶ Nel and Petrulevičius 2003 large carpenter bee MNHN-LP-R.11184
Hymenoptera - Siricidae	cf. Xeris sp.¹ cf. Xeris sp.¹ Costa 1894 horntail MNHN IPM-R.08379 Coll Nel
Diptera - Bibionidae	Bibio celasensis⁸ Bibio celasensis⁸ Theobald 1937 march fly MNHN Camoins 29
Hemiptera - Notonectidae	Notonectidae indet.⁴ Notonectidae indet.⁴ Latreille 1802 true bug MNHN IPM-R.54309

¹Nel 1991; ²Nel et al. 1994; ³Nel et al. 1999; ⁴Nel and Paicheler 1992; ⁵Nel and Paicheler 1993; ⁶Nel and Petrulevičius 2003; ⁷Nel et al. 2008; ⁸Skartveit and Nel 2017