Lac Chambon (Theobald coll) (Pleistocene of France)

Where: France (45.6° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Early Villafranchian (Piton, 1936; Elhai & Rudel 1961), ~2/2.5 Ma to ~1.8 Ma (Brun 1974).

Environment/lithology: crater lake; diatomite and volcaniclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by N. Théobald; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1935. La faune entomologique des gisements Mio-Pliocènes du Massif Central. Revue des Sciences Naturelles d'Auvergne (N. S.) 1:65-104 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138769: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Cicadellites theobaldi
Cicadellites theobaldi Piton 1935 froghopper
Theobald 10
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
"Erebomyrma antiqua" = Carebara antiqua, Formica pitoni n. sp.
"Erebomyrma antiqua" = Carebara antiqua Mayr 1868 ant
Theobald 7
Formica pitoni n. sp. Théobald 1935 ant
Theobald 11
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Coniatus scudderi n. sp., Phyllobius incertus n. sp., Lachnopus robustus n. sp.
Coniatus scudderi n. sp. Théobald 1935 snout beetle
Theobald 13
Phyllobius incertus n. sp. Théobald 1935 snout beetle
Theobald 4/4a
Lachnopus robustus n. sp. Théobald 1935 snout beetle
Theobald 8/8a
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Donacia tenuipunctata n. sp.
Donacia tenuipunctata n. sp. Théobald 1935 leaf beetle
Theobald 12
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia sp.
Plecia sp. Wiedemann 1823 love bug
Theobald 5