Gloucester (BMNH coll) (Triassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian to Rhaetian (208.5 - 199.3 Ma)

• "Lower Lias"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

• Likely part of Brodie's collection

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139593: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Orthoptera - Elcanidae
"Elcana angustior n. sp." = Panorpidium liasina, ? Parelcana dubia n. sp.
"Elcana angustior n. sp." = Panorpidium liasina Giebel 1856 grasshopper
BMNH J. 481
? Parelcana dubia n. sp. Handlirsch 1939 grasshopper
BMNH 32689
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
"Orthophlebioides stigmaticus n. sp." = Orthophlebia stigmatica, Orthophlebia nana n. sp., Orthophlebia laesa n. sp., "Orthophlebioides parvulus n. sp." = Orthophlebia parvula, "Orthophlebioides furcatus n. sp." = Orthophlebia furcata
"Orthophlebioides stigmaticus n. sp." = Orthophlebia stigmatica Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly
BMNH J. 32688
Orthophlebia nana n. sp. Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly
BMNH J. 986
Orthophlebia laesa n. sp. Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly
BMNH J. 59257 (figured in Westwood, pl 8, fig 9)
"Orthophlebioides parvulus n. sp." = Orthophlebia parvula Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly
BMNH J. 59256 (same # as O. furcatus)
"Orthophlebioides furcatus n. sp." = Orthophlebia furcata Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly
BMNH J. 59256 (same # as O. parvulus)