Bjuf (Triassic of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (56.1° N, 12.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.7° N, 16.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Höganäs Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black shale

• Paleosols, channels, and floodplain and deltaic deposits dominate the Bjuv Member. Höganäs basin, situated in the Sorgenfrei-Tornquist Zone, characterized by extensive block-faulting and several Triassic-Jurassic extensional episodes.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by A.F. Carlson

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1878. Ueber einige Insektenreste aus der raetischen Formation Schonens. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlinger 4:192-197 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130416: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 09.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera -
"Carabites deplanatus n. sp." = Pseudocarabites deplanatus, "Hydrophilites nathorsti n. sp." = Pseudohydrophilites nathorsti, "Curculionites carlsoni n. sp." = Nannocurculionites carlsoni, "Buprestites rugulosus n. sp." = Parabuprestites rugulosus
"Carabites deplanatus n. sp." = Pseudocarabites deplanatus Heer 1878 beetle
"Hydrophilites nathorsti n. sp." = Pseudohydrophilites nathorsti Heer 1878 beetle
"Curculionites carlsoni n. sp." = Nannocurculionites carlsoni Heer 1878 beetle
"Buprestites rugulosus n. sp." = Parabuprestites rugulosus Heer 1878 beetle