Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 8.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Randeck Maar Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• Early/Middle Miocene (Burdigalian, Karpatian, MN 5, ca. 16–18 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified, carbonaceous lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Armbruster; reposited in the SMNS
• Repository: also Urwelt-Museum Hauff
Primary reference: L. Armbruster. 1938. Versteinerte Honigbienen aus dem obermiocänen Randecker Maar. Archiv für Bienenkunde 19:1-48 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127614: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 19.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham and Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Calotermes (Glyptotermites) assmuthi n. sp." = Glyptotermites assmuthi1, "Calotermes (Neotermites) roseni n. sp." = Proelectrotermes roseni1, "Calotermes (Neotermites) frischi n. sp." = Proelectrotermes roseni1
"Calotermes (Glyptotermites) assmuthi n. sp." = Glyptotermites assmuthi1 Armbruster 1941 termite SMNS 2046
"Calotermes (Neotermites) roseni n. sp." = Proelectrotermes roseni1 Armbruster 1941 termite SMNS 2051
"Calotermes (Neotermites) frischi n. sp." = Proelectrotermes roseni1 Armbruster 1941 termite SMNS 2050
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Rhinotermites dzierzoni n. sp.1, Rhinotermites wasmanni n. sp.1, Rhinotermites kuehni n. sp.1, "Leucotermes dofleini n. sp." = Reticulitermes dofleini1
Rhinotermites dzierzoni n. sp.1 Armbruster 1941 termite SMNS 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2030, 2031, 2038
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Termes korschefskyi n. sp.1, Termes stitzi n. sp.1, Termes scheeri n. sp.1, Termes drabatyi n. sp.1, Termes weismanni n. sp.1, Eutermes nickeli n. sp.1, Metatermites statzi n. gen. n. sp.1, Termes schleipi n. sp.1, Eutermes sachtlebini n. sp.1, "Termes scheuthlei" = Macrotermes scheuthlei1
"Termes scheuthlei" = Macrotermes scheuthlei1 Armbruster 1941 termite SMNS 1998(4502), 2001, 2021, 2040, 2044
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"Bombus (Bombus) randeckensis n. sp." = Bombus (Cullumanobombus) randeckensis2, Hauffapis sp., "Hauffapis scheeri" = Apis armbrusteri, "Hauffapis scheuthlei" = Apis armbrusteri
"Bombus (Bombus) randeckensis n. sp." = Bombus (Cullumanobombus) randeckensis2 Wappler and Engel 2012 bumble bee SMNS 68000/28 (Armbruster A5119)
"Hauffapis scheeri" = Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee No. 6, 9, 10, 16, 19, 22, 23, ?25, 31 (?var. gallauni), 32, 34, 41, ?42
"Hauffapis scheuthlei" = Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee No. 1-5, 7, 8 (var. seemanni), 11 (seemanni), 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21 (seemanni), 26 (seemanni), 27, 28-30, 33, 35 (seemanni), 36 (zeuneri), 37-40, ?43
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Miopieris talboti n. gen. n. sp.3
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