Where: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 9.0° E)
When: Stonesfield Slate Member (Taunton Limestone Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: W. Buckland. 1838. On the discovery of a fossil wing of a neuropterous insect in the Stonesfield slate. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2:688 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138926: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.02.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hemerobioides giganteus n. gen. n. sp.
Hemerobioides giganteus n. gen. n. sp. Westwood 1845 dragonfly | |
Adikia punctulata n. gen. n. sp.1, Katapiptus striolatus n. gen. n. sp.1, Pallax prevosti n. gen. n. sp.1, Bucklandula striata n. gen. n. sp.1, "Buprestis bucklandi n. sp." = Doggeria bucklandi2, Doggeriopsis stonesfieldiana n. gen. n. sp.1, Paradoggeria acuminata n. gen. n. sp.1, "Prionus ooliticus n. sp." = Kibdelia oolitica1
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