Plötz, near Halle (Krempien collection) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.6° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian C (301.0 - 300.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Saale basin; extensional basin formed during transtension within Variscan belt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Wilfried Krempien

Primary reference: W. Zessin. 2009. Ploetzgerarus krempieni n. gen. et sp. - eine neue Geraride (Insecta: Panorthoptera: Geraridae) aus dem Oberkarbon (Stepanium C) von Plötz bei Halle (Deutschland). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 12:22-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122505: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia - Geraridae
Ploetzgerarus krempieni n. gen. n. sp.
Ploetzgerarus krempieni n. gen. n. sp. Zessin 2009 winged insect