Where: Indiana (38.6° N, 86.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 25.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mansfield Formation, Yeadonian (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)
• Namurian C
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Braxton quarry workers in 1870
• Send by Prof. E. Thompson Nelson of Museum of Hanover College, Indiana. Reposited at Hanover College Museum.
Primary reference: S. I. Smith. 1871. Notice of a fossil insect from the Carboniferous Formation of Indiana. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Third Series 1:44-46 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114465: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Paolia vetusta n. gen. n. sp.
Paolia vetusta n. gen. n. sp. Smith 1871 winged insect |