Road work on Hwy 303 near Forst (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.0° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anoplophora zone, Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• etwa 3 m über der Anthrakonit-Bank

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann and T. Schlüter. 1993. Neue Insekten aus der Trias von Unter-Franken. Geologica et Palaeontologica 27:181-199 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115972: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Ademosynidae
cf. Ademosyne sp. Handlirsch 1906 beetle
SMTE 5928/4-59