Saarlouis Lebach ironstone nodules (Permian to of Germany)
Where: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49.3° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 18.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, ferruginous, nodular shale
• Saar-Nahe basin; Half-graben generated by extension on South Hunsruck bounding fault, but with some component of dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny. "Coal seams from this area are called "limnic coals" are were deposited in intra-continental lakes." (Per. Com. Jan-Michael Ilger)
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: F. Goldenberg. 1854. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken. Palaeontographica 4:17-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122606: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Julus brassii n. sp." = Archiulus brassi1
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Carcinochelus anthracophilus n. gen. n. sp.2
Carcinochelus anthracophilus n. gen. n. sp.2 Goldenberg 1877 millipede BMNH I.3090 (Lebach according to Waterlot, 1934)
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| Insecta | |
Olethroblatta minuta n. sp.3
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"Blattina gracilis n. sp." = Phyloblatta flabellata, "Blattina lebachensis n. sp." = Anthracoblattina lebachensis
"Blattina gracilis n. sp." = Phyloblatta flabellata Germar 1842 winged insect
"Blattina lebachensis n. sp." = Anthracoblattina lebachensis Goldenberg 1854 winged insect coll. Dr. Jordan
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"Fulgorina lebachensis n. sp." = Alienus lebachensis2
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| Branchiopoda | |
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"Estheria tenella" = Pseudestheria tenella3
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| Malacostraca | |
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Uronectes fimbriatus3 Jordan 1847 | |