Montceau-les-Mines (Sotty MNHN/MHNA coll) (Carboniferous of France)

Where: France (46.7° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 16.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian B (301.5 - 301.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone

• This intramontane basin forms a 40-km-long, continuous band of Late Pennsylvanian deposits, bounded by two Variscan fault systems. Dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny.
• External moulds in clay ironstone nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Daniel Sotty

• From the MNHN Sotty collection, deposited in the Museum d’histoire naturelle d’Autun, France, but belonging to the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Primary reference: O. Béthoux and A. Nel. 2010. Description of a new grylloblattidan insect from Montceau-les-Mines (Late Carboniferous; France) and definition of Phenopterum Carpenter, 1950. Systematic Entomology 35:546-553 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122490: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2011, edited by Anissa Benabbas and Sandra Schachat

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Amphinomida - Amphinomidae
Palaeocampa anthrax8
Palaeocampa anthrax8 Meek and Worthen 1865
Arachnida
 Tetrapulmonata -
Idmonarachne brasieri n. gen. n. sp.3
Idmonarachne brasieri n. gen. n. sp.3 Garwood et al. 2016
MNHN.F.SOT110002 (collection Sotty 2)
 Araneae - Palaeothelidae
"Eothele montceauensis n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeothele montceauensis11
"Eothele montceauensis n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeothele montceauensis11 Selden 1996 spider
MHNA 51961(2)
 Scorpiones - Anthracoscorpionidae
Allobuthus pescei12
Allobuthus pescei12 Vachon and Heyler 1985 scorpion
 Opiliones -
Hastocularis argus n. gen. n. sp.5, Ameticos scolos n. gen. n. sp.2, Macrogyion cronus n. gen. n. sp.2
Hastocularis argus n. gen. n. sp.5 Garwood et al. 2014 harvestman
MNHN-SOT 0943493
Ameticos scolos n. gen. n. sp.2 Garwood et al. 2011 harvestman
MNHN-SOT 076167
Macrogyion cronus n. gen. n. sp.2 Garwood et al. 2011 harvestman
MNHN-SOT 079398
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Alanops magnificus n. gen. n. sp.10
Alanops magnificus n. gen. n. sp.10 Racheboeuf et al. 2002
Malacostraca
 Palaeocaridacea - Palaeocarididae
Palaeocaris secretanae7
Myriapoda
 Chilognatha - Xyloiulidae
Blanziulus parriati6
Blanziulus parriati6 Langiaux and Sotty 1976 millipede
MNHN.F.SOT.2114A, 5148, 2113, 81522
 Amynilyspedida - Amynilyspedidae
Amynilyspes fatimae n. sp.9
Amynilyspes fatimae n. sp.9 Racheboeuf et al. 2004 millipede
MNHN SOT 2134, 2129A/B, 14983A/B; MNHN.F.SOT.73422c, 2124 in Lheritier et al. 2023
Insecta
 Caloneurodea -
"Apsidoneura sottyi n. sp." = Paleuthygramma sottyi1
"Apsidoneura sottyi n. sp." = Paleuthygramma sottyi1 Burnham 1984 winged insect
MHNA 4066(7), 6170, 6175(6), 7017(8), 7019(20)
 Dicondylia -
Dictyoptera indet.4
Dictyoptera indet.4 Latreille 1829 winged insect
MNHN.F.SOT086502 (collection Sotty 2)
 Reculida - Sylvaphlebiidae
Phenopterum briggsi n. sp.
Phenopterum briggsi n. sp. Béthoux and Nel 2010 winged insect
MNHN Sotty II-083713
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Anebos phrixos n. gen. n. sp.4
Anebos phrixos n. gen. n. sp.4 Garwood et al. 2012 insect
MNHN.F.SOT005630 (collection Sotty 2)
1Burnham 1984; 2Garwood et al. 2011; 3Garwood et al. 2016; 4Garwood et al. 2012; 5Garwood et al. 2014; 6Lheritier et al. 2023; 7Perrier et al. 2006; 8Pleijel et al. 2004; 9Racheboeuf et al. 2004; 10Racheboeuf et al. 2002; 11Selden 1996; 12Vachon and Heyler 1985