PBDB Collection

La Pedrera de Rubies (IEI coll) (Cretaceous of Spain)

Also known as La Pedrera de Meià

Where: Spain (42.0° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified limestone

• "distal areas of a large, shallow... coastal lake"

• "rhythmically laminated, lithographic limestones"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collection methods: Housed in the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs (Lleida, Spain). Some from Gómez-Pallerola collection.

Primary reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2000. Wasps (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35:65-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123437: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.01.2012, edited by April Kinchloe, Jered Karr, Mark Bell and Franco Villegas-Garin

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
Elopiformes - Elopidae	Ichthyemidion vivaldi n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Ichthyemidion vivaldi n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Poyato-Ariza 1995 LC-1825-IEI
Aves
Archaeornithes -	Ilerdopteryx viai² Ilerdopteryx viai² Lacasa Ruiz 1985 bird LP-715-lEI
Insecta
Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae	Pachypsyche vidali⁴ Pachypsyche vidali⁴ Meunier 1902 true bug LP-2010-IEI
Blattodea - Corydiidae	Cretaholocompsa montsecana⁵ Cretaholocompsa montsecana⁵ Martínez-Delclòs 1993 cockroach IEI LP-005-G
Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae	Mesoblattina colominasi⁵, Nogueroblatta nana⁵, Nogueroblatta fontllongae⁵ Mesoblattina colominasi⁵ Meunier 1914 cockroach IEI LP-007-G Nogueroblatta nana⁵ Martínez-Delclòs 1993 cockroach IEI LP-011-G Nogueroblatta fontllongae⁵ Martínez-Delclòs 1993 cockroach IEI LP-008-G
Blattodea -	Meiatermes bertrani n. gen. n. sp.³ Meiatermes bertrani n. gen. n. sp.³ Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs 1986 termite LP-1033-IEI, LP-1701-IEI, LP-1733-AP
Coleoptera - Cupedidae	? Anaglyphites pluricavus n. sp.¹³ ? Anaglyphites pluricavus n. sp.¹³ Soriano and Delclos 2006 reticulated beetle IEI LP 97G
Coleoptera - Ommatidae	Cionocoleus longicapitis n. sp.¹³ Cionocoleus longicapitis n. sp.¹³ Soriano and Delclos 2006 beetle IEI LP 0164G
Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae	Bolbonectus lithographicus n. sp.⁹ Bolbonectus lithographicus n. sp.⁹ Ponomarenko and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 beetle IEI LP-1222-P
Hymenoptera - Mesoserphidae	Cretoserphus gomezi n. gen. n. sp. Cretoserphus gomezi n. gen. n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 wasp LP-0652-G/IEI (Gomez collection)
Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae	Montsecosphex jarzembowskii n. gen. n. sp., Angarosphex penyalveri n. sp., "Bestiola hispanica n. gen. n. sp." = Cretobestiola hispanica¹¹ Montsecosphex jarzembowskii n. gen. n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 apoid wasp LP-4132-IEI Angarosphex penyalveri n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 apoid wasp LP-0163-G/IEI (Gomez collection) "Bestiola hispanica n. gen. n. sp." = Cretobestiola hispanica¹¹ Martínez-Delclòs and Rasnitsyn 1999 apoid wasp LP92/SC/3662
Odonata - Mesochlorogomphidae	Hispanochlorogomphus rossi n. gen. n. sp.¹ Hispanochlorogomphus rossi n. gen. n. sp.¹ Fleck et al. 2008 true dragonfly IEI LP-0096-G
Odonata - Aeshnidae	Palaeaeschna vidali⁴ Palaeaeschna vidali⁴ Meunier 1914 darner dragonfly LP-1903-IEI, LP-1736-IEI, LP-1910-IEI
Odonata -	Libelluloidea indet.⁸ Libelluloidea indet.⁸ true dragonfly LP-001-G; Nymph
Odonata - Aeschnidiidae	Aeschnidiidae indet.⁷ Aeschnidiidae indet.⁷ Handlirsch 1906 small darner LP-3215-IEI
Diptera - Nemestrinidae	"Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) richterae" = Hirmoneura richterae⁶ "Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) richterae" = Hirmoneura richterae⁶ Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 tangle-veined fly LP-00220IEI/G-A/B
Arachnida
Araneae - Uloboridae	Palaeouloborus lacasae n. gen. n. sp.¹² Palaeouloborus lacasae n. gen. n. sp.¹² Selden 1990 hackled orb-weaver LP 1755 AP

¹Fleck et al. 2008; ²Lacasa Ruiz 1985; ³Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs 1986; ⁴Martínez-Delclòs 1990; ⁵Martínez-Delclòs 1993; ⁶Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000; ⁷Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993; ⁸Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993; ⁹Ponomarenko and Martínez-Delclòs 2000; ¹⁰Poyato-Ariza 1995; ¹¹Rasnitsyn et al. 1999; ¹²Selden 1990; ¹³Soriano and Delclos 2006