Plötz bei Halle (Freiburg collection) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51.6° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wettiner Schichten Formation, Stephanian C (301.0 - 300.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments and coal

• Saale basin; extensional basin formed during transtension within Variscan belt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geologisches Institut, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Primary reference: J. Schneider. 1978. Zur Taxonomic and Biostratigraphic der Blattodea (Insecta) des Karbon und Perm der DDR. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 340:7-151 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125736: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta splendens, Phyloblatta flabellata, Phyloblatta amabilis
Phyloblatta splendens Schlechtendal 1906 winged insect
FG 256/24
Phyloblatta flabellata Germar 1842 winged insect
FG 218/30
Phyloblatta amabilis Schlechtendal 1906 winged insect
FG 256/8
 Blattodea - Compsoblattidae
Compsoblatta plana, Compsoblatta nobilis, Compsoblatta anthracophila
Compsoblatta plana Schlechtendal 1906 cockroach
FG 213/19
Compsoblatta nobilis Schlechtendal 1906 cockroach
FG 218/12, 218/13, 218/33/1
Compsoblatta anthracophila Germar 1842 cockroach
FG 218/31, 218/32, 218/76, 218/83, 218/89, 213/3
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
? Opsiomylacris densistriata
? Opsiomylacris densistriata Müller 1975 cockroach
FG 218/35/2, 218/64, 218/77, 218/93, 213/9, 213/10, 213/24, MH B/110
 Dicondylia - Spiloblattinidae
Syscioblatta dohrni, Sysciophlebia subtilis
Syscioblatta dohrni Scudder 1879 winged insect
FG 213/2
Sysciophlebia subtilis Schlechtendal 1906 winged insect
FG 218/18