Where: Germany (49.5° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 16.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation, Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)
• Obere Saarbrücker Schichten
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Naturhistorischer Verein der Rheinlande und Westfalens, Bonn (NHV)
Primary reference: F. Goldenberg. 1854. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken. Palaeontographica 4:17-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138365: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 15.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Gryllacris lithanthraca n. sp." = Prototettix lithanthraca
"Gryllacris lithanthraca n. sp." = Prototettix lithanthraca Goldenberg 1854 winged insect Naturhist. Ver. Bonn 22
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"Acridites formosus n. sp." = Paracridites formosus1
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