Where: Eifel, Germany (50.1° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 2.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Eifel Formation, MP 13 (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)
• "MP 13... recently dated at 44.3 +/- 0.4 million years BP (Mertz et al. 2000)" (Franzen 2004). Insects come mostly from horizons near marker horizon HT & KaLH.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crater lake; siltstone and shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
Collected in 2000
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• Repository: Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz
Primary reference: G. M. Dlussky, T. Wappler, and S. Wedmann. 2009. Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities. Zootaxa 2031:1-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138912: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.02.2013, edited by Jered Karr and Jenna Sandlin
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Priscalestes germanica n. gen. n. sp.11
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"Euarchistigma superstes n. sp." = Eckfeldia superstes6
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Ricaniidae "indet. 2"6 Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843 planthopper NHMM PE2000/829 a+b, PE2000/830 LS
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Forficula kotejai n. sp.9
Forficula kotejai n. sp.9 Wappler et al. 2005 common earwig NHMM PE2000/1061 LS, PE2000/1063 a+b LS.
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Oecophylla eckfeldiana n. sp.1 Dlussky et al. 2008 weaver ant NHMM PE-2000/8, 1948, 1947, 1951, 9, 11, 12
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Electrapis "sp.1"8, Electrapis "sp.2"8, Electrapis "sp.3"8, "Electrapis micheneri" = Electrapis (Mesomelissa) micheneri8, "Electrapis electrapoides" = Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) electrapoides8, "Electrapis prolata" = Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) prolata8, Protobombus "sp. 1"8, "Protobombus pristinus" = Protobombus (Thnetobombus) pristinus8
"Electrapis micheneri" = Electrapis (Mesomelissa) micheneri8 Wappler and Engel 2003 bee NHMM PE2000/852a,b LS
"Electrapis prolata" = Electrapis (Eckfeldapis) prolata8 Wappler and Engel 2003 bee NHMM PE2000/847 LS, PE2000/848a,b LS
"Protobombus pristinus" = Protobombus (Thnetobombus) pristinus8 Wappler and Engel 2003 bee NHMM PE2000/863a,b LS
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Carabidae "indet. 1"6, Carabidae "indet. 3"6, Pleuarthropterus (Blaticarthropterus) nonsucineus n. sp.6
Pleuarthropterus (Blaticarthropterus) nonsucineus n. sp.6 Wappler 2003 ant nest beetle NHMM PE2000/544; stratigraphischer Bereich ca. 24 cm unter Leithorizont S8.
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Eckfeldattagenus eocenicus n. gen. n. sp.2
Eckfeldattagenus eocenicus n. gen. n. sp.2 Háva and Wappler 2014 skin beetle NHMM PE2000/995, 996, 997
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Ancyrona eocenica n. sp.4
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"Colydiidae indet." = Zopheridae6
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Buprestinae "indet. 1"6, Buprestinae "indet. 2"6, Buprestinae "indet. 3"6, Buprestinae "indet. 4"6, Buprestis sp.6, Julodinae indet.6, ? Agrilini "indet. 1"6, ? Agrilini "indet. 2"6, "Coroebini "indet. 2"" = Coraebini6, "Coroebini "indet. 3"" = Coraebini6, "Coroebini "indet. 5"" = Coraebini6
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Lanelater nicoleae n. sp.6 Wappler 2003 click beetle NHMM PE2000/349 stratigraphischer Bereich 64 cm unter Leithorizont S8.
Macropunctum densipunctum n. sp.6 Wappler 2003 click beetle NHMM PE2000/955, 744 stratigraphischer Bereich ca. 30 cm unter Leithorizont KaLH.
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"? Tenomerga eckfeldense" = Cupes eckfeldensis6 Tröster 1993 reticulated beetle NHMM PE2000/1173, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144
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