Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Obtusum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, concretion
Collected by J. F. Jackson in 1951-1953; reposited in the BMNH
• Repository: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Primary reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1962. Fossil insects from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, Dorset. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 7:155-171 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114638: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.08.2011, edited by Lindy Edwards and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Fish Dapedium grandulatum, Pholidophorus sp., Chondrosteus sp.
•Lamellibranchs are rare except Inoceramus
•No gastropods
•Some plants including driftwood
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Loligosepia bucklandi1 Voltz 1840 | |
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Insecta | |
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"Liassophlebia jacksoni n. sp." = Rossiphlebia jacksoni, Liassophlebia sp., Liassophlebia pseudomagnifica n. sp.5
"Liassophlebia jacksoni n. sp." = Rossiphlebia jacksoni Zeuner 1962 damsel-dragonflies BMNH In 53999
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Hypsothemis fraseri n. sp.5, "Petrophlebia anglicanopsis n. sp." = Lateophlebia anglicanopsis, Dorsettia laeta n. gen. n. sp.5
Hypsothemis fraseri n. sp.5 Whalley 1985 dragonfly BMNH In 59106; Zeuner, 1962 called specimen L. magnifica; BMNH In 59109
"Petrophlebia anglicanopsis n. sp." = Lateophlebia anglicanopsis Zeuner 1962 dragonfly BMNH In 49573, 59376
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Paraprosbole rotruda n. gen. n. sp.5
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Liassocorixa dorsetica n. gen. n. sp.4
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Lethonectes naucoroides n. gen. n. sp.4
Lethonectes naucoroides n. gen. n. sp.4 Popov et al. 1994 giant water bug BMNH In 49615, 51014(59383)
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Pachymeridiidae "sp. 1"4, Pachymeridiidae "sp. 2"4, Pachymeridiidae "sp. 3"4, Neomeridium trifurcum4
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? Mesocixiella fennahi n. sp.5
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Durnovaria parallela n. gen. n. sp.5
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Protohagla langi n. gen. n. sp.
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Orthophlebia capillata n. sp.5
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"Holcoelytrum giebeli" = Holcoptera giebeli Handlirsch 1906 beetle BMNH In. 49244, 59117, 3981, 53989, 49227, 64009, 3985, 49611, 64013, 53937, 49229,49616, 51002, 49204, 64012, 49570, 59141, 4963, 53928, 59153, 49228, 49239, 59129, 59145, 53962, 64010, 53974, 59148, 64011, 49610, 49219, 59138, 59149, 49618; NMW 58.552.G1, 65.510.G164, 65.510.G53, 65.510.G538
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"? Liassocupes maculatus n. sp." = Brochocoleus maculatus5
"? Liassocupes maculatus n. sp." = Brochocoleus maculatus5 Whalley 1985 beetle BMNH In 49577, 59133, 59361, 59154
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"? Liassocupes giganteus n. sp." = Mimemala giganteum5
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Tersus crowsoni n. sp.3
Tersus crowsoni n. sp.3 Ponomarenko 2006 beetle BMNH In 53949, 59038 (part of Liassocupes maculatus by Whalley, 1985)
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"Prodocidia spectra n. gen. n. sp." = Eoptychoptera spectra5
"Prodocidia spectra n. gen. n. sp." = Eoptychoptera spectra5 Whalley 1985 phantom crane fly BMNH In 49226
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