Brunstatt, horizon d3 (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (47.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Lutz (1997) and Mai (1995) assign the age of Brunstatt and Kleinkems to the Lower Oligocene, but Mai (1995) also allocated Brunstatt to the Mammal Reference Level MP20 which corresponds to the Priabonian (37.2–33.9 Ma) in the latest part of the Eocene. Thus, the stratigraphical position of Brunstatt and Kleinkems seems to be close to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified marl

• Deposited on the shore of a very large shallow saline lake (with an area of several hundred square kilometres) with episodical intrusion of fresh water.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: B. Förster. 1891. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1:335-593 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121474: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2011, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera -
Hylesinus lineatus n. sp. Förster 1891 beetle
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Harpalus excavatus n. sp. Förster 1891 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
"Malthodes obtusus n. sp." = Malthodes (Malthodes) obtusus
"Malthodes obtusus n. sp." = Malthodes (Malthodes) obtusus Förster 1891 soldier beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Bruchus crassus n. sp., "Oreina pulchra n. sp." = Chrysochloa pulchra, "Haltica magna n. sp." = Altica magna
Bruchus crassus n. sp. Förster 1891 leaf beetle
"Oreina pulchra n. sp." = Chrysochloa pulchra Förster 1891 leaf beetle
"Haltica magna n. sp." = Altica magna Förster 1891 flea beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionites cf. lividus Heer 1856 snout beetle
Bagous bicolor n. sp. Förster 1891 snout beetle
Ceutorhynchus fischeri n. sp. Förster 1891 snout beetle
Bagous palintonus n. sp. Förster 1891 snout beetle
cf. Pissodes planatus n. sp. Förster 1891 snout beetle
Gymnetron rotundicolle n. sp. Förster 1891 snout beetle
? Cryptorhynchus incertus n. sp. Förster 1891 snout beetle
"Cleonus asperulus" = Protainophthalmus asperulus Heer 1856 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion levirostre n. sp. Förster 1891 weevil
 Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
"Adalia marginata n. sp." = Aphidecta marginata, Chilocorus inflatus n. sp.
"Adalia marginata n. sp." = Aphidecta marginata Förster 1891 ladybird beetle
Chilocorus inflatus n. sp. Förster 1891 ladybird beetle
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Oxytelus ominosus n. sp. Förster 1891 rove beetle
Stenus ornatus n. sp. Förster 1891 rove beetle
 Coleoptera - Ptinidae
"Dorcatoma cf. bovistae" = Caenocara bovistae
"Dorcatoma cf. bovistae" = Caenocara bovistae Hoffmann 1803 spider beetle
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Bracon praeteritus Förster 1891 wasp
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
"Attopsis superba n. sp." = Solenopsis superba, "Attopsis valida" = Solenopsis valida
"Attopsis superba n. sp." = Solenopsis superba Förster 1891 ant
"Attopsis valida" = Solenopsis valida Förster 1891 ant
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Cydnus tertiarius, Cydnus cf. sagittifer, "Cydnus dignus n. sp." = Cydnus dignus, "Cydnus ornatissimus n. sp." = Cydnus dignus, "Cydnus armiger" = Cydnus armiger, "Cydnus obsoletus n. sp." = Cydnus armiger, Cydnus cf. pygmaeus, Cydnus solutus
Cydnus tertiarius Heer 1853 burrowing bug
7 total, not divided between collections
Cydnus cf. sagittifer Heer 1853 burrowing bug
"Cydnus dignus n. sp." = Cydnus dignus Förster 1891 burrowing bug
"Cydnus ornatissimus n. sp." = Cydnus dignus Förster 1891 burrowing bug
"Cydnus armiger" = Cydnus armiger Förster 1891 burrowing bug
"Cydnus obsoletus n. sp." = Cydnus armiger Förster 1891 burrowing bug
Cydnus cf. pygmaeus Heer 1853 burrowing bug
Cydnus solutus Förster 1891 burrowing bug
 Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae
? Acanthosoma debile n. sp. Förster 1891 shield bug
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
"Eusarcoris mammillata n. sp." = Eysarcoris
"Eusarcoris mammillata n. sp." = Eysarcoris stink bug
 Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
? Deltocephalus minutulus n. sp. Förster 1891 leafhopper
 Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
Aphrophora pinguicula Heer 1853 froghopper
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia cf. bucklandi Heer 1849 love bug
Plecia cf. grossa von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 love bug
"Plecia splendida" = Plecia foersteri Theobald 1937 love bug
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
"cf. Glaphyroptera crassiuscula n. sp." = Leia crassiuscula, Mycetophilites sp.
"cf. Glaphyroptera crassiuscula n. sp." = Leia crassiuscula Förster 1891 fungus gnat
Mycetophilites sp. Förster 1891 fungus gnat
 Diptera - Sciomyzidae
Tetanocera preciosa n. sp. Förster 1891 marsh fly
Tetanocera contenta n. sp. Förster 1891 marsh fly
 Diptera - Agromyzidae
"Anthomyia pusilla n. sp." = Phytomyza pusilla
"Anthomyia pusilla n. sp." = Phytomyza pusilla Förster 1891 leaf-miner fly
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Dolichopus miluus n. sp. Förster 1891 long-legged fly
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
? Simulium terribilis n. sp. Förster 1891 biting midge