PBDB Collection

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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names

Xiphosura
Xiphosurida - Belinuridae	Euproops sp.⁵ Euproops sp.⁵ Meek 1867
Insecta
Dicondylia - Erasipteridae	Erasipterella piesbergensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Erasipterella piesbergensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Brauckmann 1983 winged insect D-4500 cwd 801
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
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
Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae	Spilaptera peckae n. sp.⁷ Spilaptera peckae n. sp.⁷ Rosová et al. 2022 winged insect Pal 1450
Diaphanopterodea - Parabrodiidae	Piesbergala leipnerae n. gen. n. sp. Piesbergala leipnerae n. gen. n. sp. Brauckmann and Herd 2002 winged insect
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)

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