Wainlode Cliff (Brodie collection) (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Avicula contorta other zone, Lias Group, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Lower Lias

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, pyritic, white sandstone

• European epicontinental seaway
• "a fissile, white, micaceous sandstone, sometimes acquiring a flinty hardness. The upper surface of the bed is ripple-marked..."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Brodie; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115222: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 31.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae
Protomyrmeleon anglicanus n. gen. n. sp.5
Protomyrmeleon anglicanus n. gen. n. sp.5 Tillyard 1925 winged insect
BMNH I 10662
 Hemiptera - Dysmorphoptilidae
"Belostomum liasinum n. sp." = Dysmorphoptila liasina2
"Belostomum liasinum n. sp." = Dysmorphoptila liasina2 Giebel 1856 true bug
Specimen in pl 10, fig 13
 Hemiptera - Hylicellidae
Homopterites anglicus n. gen. n. sp.3
Homopterites anglicus n. gen. n. sp.3 Handlirsch 1906 true bug
Specimen of Belostoma in Brodie 1873 (p. 16)
 Blattaria - Caloblattinidae
"Actinoblattula brodiei n. gen. n. sp." = Caloblattina liasina3
"Actinoblattula brodiei n. gen. n. sp." = Caloblattina liasina3 Giebel 1856 cockroach
Specimen in pl 8, fig 12
 Dermaptera - Dermapteridae
"Akicera heeri n. sp." = Phanerogramma heeri2, "Akicera frauenfeldi n. sp." = Phanerogramma heeri2
"Akicera heeri n. sp." = Phanerogramma heeri2 Giebel 1856 earwig
Specimen in pl 8, fig 17
"Akicera frauenfeldi n. sp." = Phanerogramma heeri2 Giebel 1856 earwig
Specimen in pl 8, fig 18
 Coleoptera -
"Elater angulatus n. sp." = Mimelater angulatus2
"Elater angulatus n. sp." = Mimelater angulatus2 Giebel 1856 beetle
Specimen in pl 6, fig 25 ("Buprestidae or Elateridae")
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
"Elaterophanes socius" = Elaterophanes vetustus1, Elaterophanes acutus n. sp.1
"Elaterophanes socius" = Elaterophanes vetustus1 Brodie 1845 click beetle
USNM Lacoe 3441, 3434, 3439 (USNM 61400) coll Brodie
Elaterophanes acutus n. sp.1 Cockerell 1915 click beetle
Lacoe 3438 (USNM 61401) coll Brodie
 Coleoptera -
"Elater vanus n. sp." = Anepismus vanus2, Coleopteron sp.3, "Elater redtenbacheri n. sp." = Stenelytron redtenbacheri2, Anhydrophilus brodiei1
"Elater vanus n. sp." = Anepismus vanus2 Giebel 1856 beetle
Specimen in pl 6, fig 23 ("Buprestidae or Elateridae")
Coleopteron sp.3 Handlirsch 1906 beetle
"Elater redtenbacheri n. sp." = Stenelytron redtenbacheri2 Giebel 1856 beetle
Specimen in pl 6, fig 26 ("Buprestidae or Elateridae")
Anhydrophilus brodiei1 Handlirsch 1906 beetle
USNM Lacoe 3443-3446, 3470 coll Brodie
 Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Necrotaulius sp.6, "Necrotaulius apicalis n. sp." = Austaulius furcatus6, "Necrotaulius stigmaticus n. sp." = Austaulius furcatus6
Necrotaulius sp.6 Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
BMNH I 11153, I 11574
"Necrotaulius apicalis n. sp." = Austaulius furcatus6 Giebel 1856 winged insect
BMNH I 3081
"Necrotaulius stigmaticus n. sp." = Austaulius furcatus6 Giebel 1856 winged insect
BMNH I 11584 (locality given as W which probably means Wainlode)
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
"Orthophlebioides anglicus n. sp." = Orthophlebia anglica4, "Orthophlebia liassica" = Orthophlebia liassica6, "Orthophlebia communis n. sp." = Orthophlebia liassica
"Orthophlebioides anglicus n. sp." = Orthophlebia anglica4 Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly
BMNH J. 478
"Orthophlebia liassica" = Orthophlebia liassica6 Mantell 1844 scorpionfly
BMNH I 11252, I 10763, I 478, I 10764, 32688, I 969, I 11152
"Orthophlebia communis n. sp." = Orthophlebia liassica Mantell 1844 scorpionfly
BMNH I 3554