Where: Bouches-Du-Rhone, France (43.5° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• "The ‘insect formation’ is 2.5 m thick, divided in two parts that correspond to two very different environmental conditions. The first (lower) episode is remarkable by its lateral mo- notony of facies on a distance of 6 km at least, in the outcrops observed on the northwest of Aix-en-Provence. This lower episode is distinguished from the rest of the ‘insect formation’ and from the whole formation of Aix-en-Provence by the presence of a very numerous thin limestone laminae. The second (upper) episode is remarkable by the presence of many silici- fied laminae. The fauna in this level is also very well preserved"….This collection consists of unspecified layers
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by Murchison
Primary reference: J. Curtis. 1829. Observations upon a collection of fossil insects discovered near Aix in Provence, in the summer of 1828, by R.J. Murchison, Esq. and Charles Lyell Esq., jun. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 7:293-297 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122877: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thrips antiqua n. sp.4
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"Aphrophora spumifera" = Ptyelus spumiferus3
"Aphrophora spumifera" = Ptyelus spumiferus3 Heer 1853 froghopper Tettigonia spumariae affinis Curtis in Murchison
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"Pachymerus fasciatus n. sp." = Diniella fasciata3, "Pachymerus murchisoni" = Aphanus murchisonae3, "Pachymerus bojeri" = Aphanus murchisonae3, "Pachymerus pulchellus" = Aphanus pulchellus3, "Pachymerus dryadum n. sp." = Aphanus pulchellus3
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"? Pimpla saussurii n. sp." = Pimpla saussurei4
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Noctuites deperditus n. sp.4
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"Chrysomela lyelliana n. sp." = Plagiodera lyelliana4 Heer 1856 leaf beetle Pl 6, fig 4 in Curtis, 1829
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Cleonus leucosiae4, Curculionites lividus n. sp.4, "Sitona margarum" = Protainophthalmus margarus4, Phytonomus firmus n. sp.4, Curculionites morosus n. sp.4
"Sitona margarum" = Protainophthalmus margarus4 Germar 1849 snout beetle Pl 6, fig 2 in Curtis, 1829
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Lithocharis varicolor n. sp.4, Philonthus bojeri n. sp.4, Philonthus marcelli n. sp.4, "Lathrobium provinciale n. sp." = Xantholinus westwoodianus1
"Lathrobium provinciale n. sp." = Xantholinus westwoodianus1 Heer 1856 rove beetle Pl 6, fig 1 in Curtis, 1829
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Hydrobius obsoletus n. sp.4
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"Limnobia murchisoni n. sp." = Limonia murchisoni4
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"Mycetophila meigeniana n. sp." = Gnoriste meigeniana4 Heer 1856 fungus gnat Pl 6, fig 8 in Curtis, 1829
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"Cecidomyia protogaea n. sp." = Sciara protogaea4
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Bibio sp.6, Bibio curtisii n. sp.4, Bibio curtisii6, "Bibio morio" = Plecia morio4, "Protomyia livida n. sp." = Plecia livida4, "Protomyia brevipennis n. sp." = Plecia livida4, "Protomyia bucklandi" = Plecia bucklandi2, "Protomyia elegans" = Plecia bucklandi4, "Protomyia gracilis" = Plecia bucklandi4, "Protomyia lygaeoides" = Plecia lygaeoides4
"Protomyia elegans" = Plecia bucklandi4 Heer 1849 love bug "New genus allied to Penthetria" Pl 6, fig 10 in Curtis, 1829
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Arachnida | |
"Theridium bucklandi n. sp." = Theridion bucklandi7
"Theridium bucklandi n. sp." = Theridion bucklandi7 Thorell 1870 cobweb spider Spider illustrated on plate 47, fig 12 of Buckland, 1837
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