Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Lower Keuper
•"lad-karn" (p. 292), but "Schilfsandstein" (p. 292) and "Middle Keuper [palynological] assemblages have been described from the Schilfsandstein of canton Basel, Switzerland from the river Birs (from the same horizon as the megaflora" (p. 32). Also, " the Middle Keuper deposits (the Schilfsandsteinā¦)". [Schilfsandstein = Carnian of Harland et al. (1989)]
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1877. Flora Fossilis Helvetiae. Die Vorweltliche Flora der Schweiz 1-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130419: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 09.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Chrysomelites rothenbachi n. sp." = Pseudochrysomelites rothenbachi
"Chrysomelites rothenbachi n. sp." = Pseudochrysomelites rothenbachi Heer 1877 beetle |