Where: Alabama (33.5° N, 87.5° W: paleocoordinates 13.6° S, 28.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pottsville Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J. Hall, K. Gaddy in 1988
• Repository: University of Alabama Museum of Natural History, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Primary reference: R. J. Beckemeyer and M. S. Engel. 2011. Upper Carboniferous insects from the Pottsville Formation of northern Alabama (Insecta: Ephemeropterida, Palaeodictyopterida, Odonatoptera). Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 44:1-19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 126587: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.04.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Oligotypus tuscaloosae n. sp.
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