Oeningen (Bruckmann collection) (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47.7° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 7 mammal zone, Upper Oehningen beds Member (Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation), Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified limestone

• "meromictic maar lake of approximately 1000 m in diameter and perhaps up to 100 m in depth" (Lutz, 1997). "Deposited in the Northern Alpine Foreland basin" (Uhl et al., 2006).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by Bruckmann

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122868: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Cicadellites bruckmanni n. sp.
Cicadellites bruckmanni n. sp. Heer 1853 froghopper
upper quarry
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Halys bruckmanni, Aelia obsoleta n. sp.
Halys bruckmanni Heer 1853 stink bug
upper quarry
Aelia obsoleta n. sp. Heer 1853 stink bug
 Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Harpactor bruckmanni n. sp.
Harpactor bruckmanni n. sp. Heer 1853 assassin bug
from the Kesselstein
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
"Myrmica rugiceps" = Carebara rugiceps1
"Myrmica rugiceps" = Carebara rugiceps1 Heer 1849 ant
with Carabites exilis
 Coleoptera -
Helophorus exilis n. sp.1
Helophorus exilis n. sp.1 Heer 1862 beetle
from Kesselstein
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabites exilis n. sp.1, Dichirotrichus lividus1, Harpalus bruckmanni n. sp.1
Carabites exilis n. sp.1 Heer 1862 ground beetle
from Kesselstein (in same piece with Myrmica rugiceps)
Dichirotrichus lividus1 Heer 1862 ground beetle
from Kesselstein
Harpalus bruckmanni n. sp.1 Heer 1862 ground beetle
upper quarry
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
"Hydroporus antiquus n. sp." = Pteroporus antiquus1
"Hydroporus antiquus n. sp." = Pteroporus antiquus1 Heer 1862 predaceous diving beetle
from Kesselstein
 Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae
Atomaria protogaea n. sp.1
Atomaria protogaea n. sp.1 Heer 1862 silken fungus beetle
from Kesselstein
 Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Amphotis oeningensis n. sp.1
Amphotis oeningensis n. sp.1 Heer 1862 sap beetle
from Kesselstein
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Perotis bruckmanni n. sp.1, Anthaxia crassicollis n. sp.1
Perotis bruckmanni n. sp.1 Heer 1862 jewel beetle
from Kesselstein
Anthaxia crassicollis n. sp.1 Heer 1862 jewel beetle
from Kesselstein
 Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Platycleis speciosa2
Platycleis speciosa2 Heer 1864 katydid
BMNH In. 34934-35
1Heer 1862; 2Zeuner 1939