Piesberg quarry, "Flöz Dreibänke" (Jansen coll) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.3° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 15.6° 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 and coal

• Coals are called Paralic coals

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Leo Jansen

Primary reference: W. Zessin. 2006. Zwei neue Insektenreste (Megasecoptera, Odonatoptera) aus dem Westfalium D (Oberkarbon) des Piesberges bei Osnabrück, Deutschland. Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 9:37-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122537: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Breyeriidae
"Pyebrodia janseni n. sp." = Breyeria janseni
"Pyebrodia janseni n. sp." = Breyeria janseni Zessin 2006 winged insect