Céreste (Goret Collection) (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Cereste

Where: France (43.9° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campagne-Calavon Formation, MP 23 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• ~33.9 Ma to ~28.1 Ma, Oligocene, Rupelian (level MP 23, Reichenbacher & Philippe 1997).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonate

• Apt basin. Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.
• "Calcaires"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Goret; reposited in the MNHN

• Coll Goret in Museum Paris

Primary reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122536: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Sieblosiidae
"Indophaea falloti n. sp." = Stenolestes falloti
"Indophaea falloti n. sp." = Stenolestes falloti Theobald 1937 damselfly
MNHN-LP-B.24507
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Hipporhinus heeri Germar 1849 snout beetle
Ce 1, 2
"Sitona margarum" = Protainophthalmus margarus Germar 1849 snout beetle
Ce 4
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet., "Brachyponera dubia" = Pachycondyla dubia
Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant
Ce 41
"Brachyponera dubia" = Pachycondyla dubia Theobald 1937 ant
Ce 47
 Hemiptera - Heterogastridae
Heterogaster pumilio Heer 1853 true bug
Ce 38, 49-52
 Hemiptera - Rhyparochromidae
Aphanus cf. dilatatus Theobald 1937 seed bug
Ce 37
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula sp. Linnaeus 1758 crane fly
Ce 39
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Chironomus serresi Theobald 1937 non biting midge
Ce 42, 43, 44
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibionidae indet., "Plecia nervisinuata" = Penthetria nervisinuata, "Plecia cf. lugens" = Penthetria lugens, Plecia sp., "Plecia maculiventris n. sp." = Plecia livida, "Plecia constricta" = Plecia livida, "Plecia goreti n. sp." = Plecia livida
Bibionidae indet. Fleming 1821 march fly
"Plecia nervisinuata" = Penthetria nervisinuata Theobald 1937 march fly
MNHN B.24519
"Plecia cf. lugens" = Penthetria lugens Oustalet 1870 march fly
Ce 19 Coll Goret
Plecia sp. Wiedemann 1823 love bug
"Plecia maculiventris n. sp." = Plecia livida Heer 1849 love bug
Ce 48
"Plecia constricta" = Plecia livida Heer 1849 love bug
Ce 10, 11, 12, 45
"Plecia goreti n. sp." = Plecia livida Heer 1849 love bug
Ce 5-9, 23-29
 Diptera - Tabanidae
Tabanus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse fly
Ce 40