Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänk" (Sowiak coll) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.3° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 15.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Flöz Dreibänke Formation, Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)

• "Collecting places of insects are the clay stone layers above Seam Zwseibänke and Seam Dreibänke." Brauckmann & Herd, 2002

Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Michael Sowiak

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann and K. J. Herd. 2002. Insekten-funde aus dem Westfalium D (Ober-Karbon) des Piesberges bei Osnabrück (Deutschland). Teil 1: Palaeoptera. Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 28:27-69 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122515: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Eoblattida - Protophasmatidae
"? Heterologellus multidiffusus n. sp." = Protophasma multidiffusa1
"? Heterologellus multidiffusus n. sp." = Protophasma multidiffusa1 Brauckmann and Herd 2005 insect
Sowiak F8
 Megasecoptera - Brodiidae
"Aspidothorax tristrata n. sp." = Piesbergbrodia tristrata
"Aspidothorax tristrata n. sp." = Piesbergbrodia tristrata Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
 Palaeodictyoptera -
"Pyebrodia martinsnetoi" = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi, "Breyeria brevis n. sp." = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi
"Pyebrodia martinsnetoi" = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
"Breyeria brevis n. sp." = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
 Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae
Saxonyptilus sowiaki n. gen. n. sp.4, Homaloneura kiliani n. sp.2
Saxonyptilus sowiaki n. gen. n. sp.4 Rosová et al. 2022 winged insect
F 373
Homaloneura kiliani n. sp.2 Brauckmann et al. 2009 winged insect
Sowiak F13
 Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae
Homoioptera kortumi Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
 Palaeodictyoptera -
Katosaxoniapteron brauneri3 Prokop et al. 2023 winged insect
Sowiak F429ab, F139, F148ab, F246ab, F320, F375ab, F427ab
 Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae
Narkeminopsis sowiaki n. sp.1 Brauckmann and Herd 2005 winged insect
Sowiak F9
 Dicondylia -
Caloneurodea indet.1 Martynov 1938 winged insect
Sowiak F11
 Caloneurodea - Hapalopteridae
Spiculum mendicum n. gen. n. sp.1
Spiculum mendicum n. gen. n. sp.1 Brauckmann and Herd 2005 winged insect
Sowiak F1, F10
 Dicondylia - Geraridae
Geraridae indet.1 Scudder 1885 winged insect
Sowiak F7