Brefeld Mine near Quierschied (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Saarland, Germany (49.3° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 16.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Archimylacris lubnensis other zone, Luisenthal Formation (Saarbrucken Group), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• Luisenthal layers

Environment/lithology: lacustrine delta plain; shale

• Saar-Nahe basin; Half-graben generated by extension on South Hunsruck bounding fault, but with some component of dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny. "Larger lakes are lacking." Schneider & Romer, 2010.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann and R. Becker. 1992. Ein neues Riesen-Insekt aus dem Ober-Karbon des Saarlandes (Palaeodictyoptera: Homoiopteridae). Geologica et Palaeontologica 26:135-141 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132751: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
Arthropleura armata
Arthropleura armata Jordan 1854 millipede
Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae
"Roechlingia hitleri n. gen. n. sp." = Scepasma gigas
"Roechlingia hitleri n. gen. n. sp." = Scepasma gigas Handlirsch 1911 winged insect