Courrières (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas de Calais, France (50.5° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• 637.4 m. depth Assise d'Anzin (Westphalien B).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale and coal

• Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre de l'Université de Reims

Primary reference: F. Laurentiaux-Vieira and D. Laurentiaux. 1980. Nouvelle contribution à la connaissance du genre Westphalien Manoblatta Pruvost (blattaires Archimylacridiens). Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 99:415-423 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128986: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Manoblatta chalardi n. sp. Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux 1980 cockroach
L/N 126