Rubbish heap of the PattBerg pit (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51.5° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 13.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Bochum Formation), Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Upper layers of the Bochum just below the horizon-Catherine. Rapp seam

Environment/lithology: delta plain; siliciclastic sediments

• During the Westphalian A the Ruhr Basin was dominated by deltaic sedimentation. The Katherina Horizon is associated with a transition from Shallow Marine Delta platform to delta plain

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: M. Boersma. 1969. Manoblatta schmidtii nov. sp., ein neuer Insekten-Flügel aus dem rheinisch-westfälischen Oberkarbon. Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst Nieuwe Serie 20:51-55 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131053: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Paripteris
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Paripteris pseudogigantea
Lepidophyllum
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Lepidophyllum sp.
Lepidophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Manoblatta schmidtii n. sp.
Manoblatta schmidtii n. sp. Boersma 1969 cockroach