PBDB Collection

Alès-Monteils (MNHN Collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: Gard, France (44.1° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monteils Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Base du of lower Ludien

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl and limestone

• Half-graben formed along a simple listric fault (Ales fault) responsible for the development of a hangingwall roll-over, and north-west divergence of syn-rift infill.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel. 1988. Une nèpe fossile de l'éocène supérieur du bassin d'Alès (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 5:273-276 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144529: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 10.05.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Bibionidae	Penthetria graciliventris⁷, Penthetria longiventris⁷, Bibio celasensis⁷, Dilophus sp.⁷ Penthetria graciliventris⁷ Theobald 1937 march fly MNHN Monteils 35, 55, 57, 25 Penthetria longiventris⁷ Theobald 1937 march fly MNHN Monteils 11, 13, 16, 20, 21, 26, 50, 51, 108, 145, 161 Bibio celasensis⁷ Theobald 1937 march fly MNHN Monteils 1(61), 8, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 42, 48, 49, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 66, 79, 83, 93, 99(106), 101, 107, 110, 114, 121, 127, 130, 132, 137, 141, 160, 167 Dilophus sp.⁷ Meigen 1803 march fly MNHN Monteils 148, 159
Hemiptera -	Heteroptera indet. Heteroptera indet. Latreille 1810 true bug
Hemiptera - Tingidae	Tinginae indet.⁴ Tinginae indet.⁴ Laporte 1833 lace bug MNHN IPM-R.10397
Hemiptera - Nepidae	Nepa monteilsensis n. sp. Nepa monteilsensis n. sp. Nel 1988 true bug MNHN IPMR-07713
Blattodea - Kalotermitidae	Huguenotermes septimaniensis n. gen. n. sp.² Huguenotermes septimaniensis n. gen. n. sp.² Engel and Nel 2015 termite MNHN IPM-R.54350
Hymenoptera - Vespidae	Palaeopolistes jattioti n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Palaeopolistes jattioti n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Perrard 2014 wasp MNHN.F.A.50409, 50410
Dicondylia -	Coleoptera indet. Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Coleoptera - Belidae	Palaeorhopalotria neli³ Palaeorhopalotria neli³ Legalov 2013 weevil No. 37
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae	Eocenostenus fossilis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Eocenostenus fossilis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Cai et al. 2014 rove beetle MNHN.F.A.50393
Neuroptera - Chrysopidae	Paleochrysopa monteilsensis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Paleochrysopa monteilsensis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Séméria and Nel 1990 green lacewing MNHN IPM-RO7719

¹Cai et al. 2014; ²Engel and Nel 2015; ³Legalov 2013; ⁴Nel 1992; ⁵Perrard et al. 2014; ⁶Séméria and Nel 1990; ⁷Skartveit and Nel 2017