Bidford (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Warwickshire, United Kingdom (52.2° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, white limestone

• "soft white matrix"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Brodie

Primary reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133185: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.09.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
"Orthophlebia communis" = Orthophlebia liassica, "Orthophlebia similis n. sp." = Orthophlebia liassica
"Orthophlebia communis" = Orthophlebia liassica Mantell 1844 scorpionfly
"Orthophlebia similis n. sp." = Orthophlebia liassica Mantell 1844 scorpionfly
Specimen in pl 10, fig 12