Bellver-en-Cerdaña (MNHN collection) (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Bellver de Cerdanya

Where: Spain (42.4° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 0.9° E)

When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)

• Vallesien

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified diatomite

• The Cerdanya basin was formed during dextral slip along the NE–SW La Tet fault (eastern Pyrenees) which formed a horsetail structure at its SW end.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel. 1991. Description de quelques Sieblosiidae fossiles nouveaux (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestoidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 8:367-375 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114010: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea -
Ulmeriella sp.4 Meunier 1920 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54191, 54192, 54193
 Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Belostomatidae indet.3 Leach 1815 giant water bug
MNHN IPM-R.54301
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
"Bombus cerdanyensis n. sp." = Bombus (Melanobombus) cerdanyensis1
"Bombus cerdanyensis n. sp." = Bombus (Melanobombus) cerdanyensis1 Dehon et al. 2014 bumble bee
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Trithemis pseudodistanti n. sp.2 Nel 1991 common skimmer
MNHN IPM-R.54382
 Odonata - Sieblosiidae
Stenolestes hispanicus n. sp.5 Nel 1991 damselfly
MNHN-LP-R.10376