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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
? Bruchus bituminosus n. sp.
? Bruchus bituminosus n. sp. Germar 1837 leaf beetle |