Arzburg (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.1° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Mus. Comit. de Münster

Primary reference: E. F. Germar. 1837. Insectorum protogaeae specimen sistens insecta carbonum fossilium. Fauna Insectorum Europae 19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118073: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 05.10.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
? Bruchus bituminosus n. sp. Germar 1837 leaf beetle