Where: Switzerland (46.3° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 6.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122212: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Insecta | |
"Melolontha greithiana n. sp." = Clytra greithiana
"Melolontha greithiana n. sp." = Clytra greithiana Heer 1847 leaf beetle | |
Elaterites amissus n. sp.
Elaterites amissus n. sp. Heer 1847 click beetle | |
Aphrophora molassica n. sp.
Aphrophora molassica n. sp. Heer 1853 froghopper | |