Les Figons, route d'Eguille (Oligocene of France)

Where: Aix-en-Provence, France (43.6° N, 5.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lithology not reported

• This lacustrine formation was deposited in a very large but shallow-water lake, with variable salinity and near the marine coast (Nury 1990, Nury & Thomassin 1994). 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: mold/impression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel and M. Papazian. 1983. Description d'un nouvelle espèce d'Odonate fossile du Stampien d'Aix-en-Provence (Odonata Aeschnidae). L'Entomologiste 39:119-122 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114117: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 10.08.2011, edited by Lindy Edwards and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Calopterygidae
Sapho legrandi n. sp.4
Sapho legrandi n. sp.4 Nel and Petrulevičius 2010 broad-winged damselfly
MNHN-LP-R 63847 coll Nel
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Jeanlegrandia oligocenica n. gen. n. sp.5
Jeanlegrandia oligocenica n. gen. n. sp.5 Nel et al. 2005 common skimmer
MNHN-LP-R 63849
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
Epiaeschna pseudoheros n. sp.4
Epiaeschna pseudoheros n. sp.4 Nel and Petrulevičius 2010 darner dragonfly
MNHN-LP-R 63848 coll Nel
 Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
"Jagoria oligocenica n. sp." = Oligoaeschna oligocenica
"Jagoria oligocenica n. sp." = Oligoaeschna oligocenica Nel and Papazian 1983 true dragonfly
MNHN.F.A57282
 Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Belostomatidae indet.3
Belostomatidae indet.3 Leach 1815 giant water bug
MNHN IPM-R.07894
 Hymenoptera - Diprionidae
Paleomonoctenus patriciae n. gen. n. sp.2
Paleomonoctenus patriciae n. gen. n. sp.2 Nel 2004 conifer sawfly
MNHN-LP-R 11192
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Calosoma agassizi1
Calosoma agassizi1 Barthelemy-Lapommeraye 1846 ground beetle
Nel 1609, 35, 975; 950 (Eguilles)
1Nel 1989; 2Nel 2004; 3Nel and Paicheler 1992; 4Nel and Petrulevičius 2010; 5Nel et al. 2005