Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänke" (Museum am Schölerberg collection) (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 (309.8 - 307.5 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

Collection methods: Repository: Museum am Schölerberg collection, Osnabruck (Naturwissenschaftlichen Museums Osnabrück)

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 122518: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Piesbergtupus hielscheri n. gen. n. sp.8
Piesbergtupus hielscheri n. gen. n. sp.8 Zessin 2006 griffinfly
coll Harald Hielscher, later in museum in Münster oder Osnabrück
 Dicondylia - Erasipteridae
Erasipterella piesbergensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Erasipterella piesbergensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Brauckmann 1983 winged insect
D-4500 cwd 801
 Dicondylia -
Contracladus impar n. gen. n. sp.4
Contracladus impar n. gen. n. sp.4 Dvořák et al. 2021 winged insect
Pal 1609
 Caloneurodea - Hapalopteridae
Primakollaria amicorum n. gen. n. sp.2
Primakollaria amicorum n. gen. n. sp.2 Brauckmann and Herd 2005 winged insect
Nr. 193 (coll. K.J. Herd)
 Dicondylia - Geraridae
Gerarus teutonicus n. sp.2
Gerarus teutonicus n. sp.2 Brauckmann and Herd 2005 winged insect
Nr. 192 (coll. G. Kortun)
 Diaphanopterodea - Parabrodiidae
Piesbergala leipnerae n. gen. n. sp.
Piesbergala leipnerae n. gen. n. sp. Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
 Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae
Spilaptera peckae n. sp.7
Spilaptera peckae n. sp.7 Rosová et al. 2022 winged insect
Pal 1450
 Palaeodictyoptera -
Katosaxoniapteron brauneri n. gen. n. sp.6
Katosaxoniapteron brauneri n. gen. n. sp.6 Prokop et al. 2023 winged insect
Pal1242ab, Pal1243
 Palaeodictyoptera - Lithomanteidae
Lithomantis meyeri n. sp.3
Lithomantis meyeri n. sp.3 Brauckmann et al. 2009 winged insect
Pal279 (coll. J. Meyer)
 Palaeodictyoptera -
"Pyebrodia martinsnetoi n. gen. n. sp." = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi, "Breyeria brevis" = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi
"Pyebrodia martinsnetoi n. gen. n. sp." = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
"Breyeria brevis" = Pyebrodia martinsnetoi Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Euproops sp.5
Euproops sp.5 Meek 1867
1Brauckmann 1983; 2Brauckmann and Herd 2005; 3Brauckmann et al. 2009; 4Dvořák et al. 2021; 5Haug et al. 2012; 6Prokop et al. 2023; 7Rosová et al. 2022; 8Zessin 2006