Lodève, Mérifrons member (unspecified location) (Permian of France)

Where: France (43.6° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Merifrons Member (Salagou Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Upper part of Salagou Formation (Merifrons Member) is primarily Kungurian age, according to Michel et al. (2015), constrained by Artinskian radiometric ages in the underlying Octon Mb.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, brown, red claystone and lithified siltstone

• Small ponds on a playa lake; Lodève Basin, half-graben
• Wings collected from rills or siltstone channels

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. Lapeyrie

• Repository: Musée Fleury, Lodève

Primary reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2011. New Middle Permian palaeopteran insects from Lodève Basin in southern France (Ephemeroptera, Diaphanopterodea, Megasecoptera). ZooKeys 130:41-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117604: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae
Strephocladus permianus n. sp.2
Strephocladus permianus n. sp.2 Guan et al. 2016 winged insect
Ld LAP 310
 Dicondylia - Permithonidae
Lodevothone pectinata n. gen. n. sp.3
Lodevothone pectinata n. gen. n. sp.3 Prokop et al. 2015 winged insect
Ld LAP 312
 Diaphanopterodea - Alexrasnitsyniidae
Alexrasnitsynia permiana n. gen. n. sp.
Alexrasnitsynia permiana n. gen. n. sp. Prokop and Nel 2011 winged insect
LdLAP 318A
 Dicondylia - Hemizygopteridae
cf. Bansheepteron gonfaronensis1
cf. Bansheepteron gonfaronensis1 Garrouste et al. 2017 winged insect
Ld LAP 802
1Garrouste et al. 2017; 2Guan et al. 2016; 3Prokop et al. 2015