Alsace potash field, Anna pit (Quievreux collection) (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (47.8° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Fossiliferous zone is at the top of the Middle Salt Formation and is Rupelian in age. Lower Oligocene and probably lower Sannoisien.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified mudstone and lithified evaporite

• Rhine graben
• Argillite bed a few centimeters in thickness

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by F. Quievreux

Primary reference: H. Priesner and F. Quiévreux. 1935. Thysanoptères des couches de potasse du Haut-Rhin. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Cinquième Série 5:471-477 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146907: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Araneae - Thomisidae
Synema enigmaticum n. sp.1
Synema enigmaticum n. sp.1 Berland 1939 crab spider
Quievreux No. 54
 Araneae - Salticidae
Heliophanus extinctus n. sp.1
Heliophanus extinctus n. sp.1 Berland 1939 spider
Quievreux No. 443
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Theridion crassipalpum n. sp.1
Theridion crassipalpum n. sp.1 Berland 1939 cobweb spider
Quievreux No. 485
 Araneae - Linyphiidae
Linyphia quievreuxi n. sp.1
Linyphia quievreuxi n. sp.1 Berland 1939 money spider/sheet weaver
Quievreux No. 124
Insecta
 Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Thripidae indet., ? Thripidae indet., Frankliniella oligocaenica n. sp.
Thripidae indet. Stevens 1829 thrips
Anaphothrips or Oxythrips female (Quievreux No. 797)
? Thripidae indet. Stevens 1829 thrips
Quievreux No. 796
Frankliniella oligocaenica n. sp. Priesner and Quiévreux 1935 thrips
Quievreux No. 1020, 1004, 1013, 62, and probably 20, 964, 801
 Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Melanthrips sp.
Melanthrips sp. Haliday 1836 thrips
Quievreux No. 876, 227, 364, 1031
 Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae
Aeolothrips extinctus n. sp., Orothripinae indet.
Aeolothrips extinctus n. sp. Priesner and Quiévreux 1935 thrips
Quievreux No. 821, 189, 578, 1237, and probably 92, 555, 1097
Orothripinae indet. Bagnall 1913 thrips
Quievreux No. 40
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Protephedrus terciarius n. gen. n. sp.6, "Praon gausai n. sp." = Archipraon gausai6, "Trioxys primigenius n. sp." = Palaeoxys primigenius6, "Diaeretus fuscus n. sp." = Palaeoxys fuscus6, "Aphidius premedicaginis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius premedicaginis6, "Aphidius cenozoicum n. sp." = Pseudaphidius cenozoicus6, "Aphidius saliniferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius saliniferus6, "Aphidius nigrofacies n. sp." = Pseudaphidius nigrofacies6, "Aphidius torneli n. sp." = Pseudaphidius torneli6, "Aphidius oligoarundinis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligoarundinis6, "Aphidius oligocenus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligocenus6, "Aphidius pseudogranarius n. sp." = Pseudaphidius pseudogranarius6, "Aphidius lysiphleboides n. sp." = Pseudaphidius lysiphleboides6, "Aphidius fosiliferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius fosiliferus6, "Diaeretus berdlandi n. sp." = Protodiaeretiella berdlandi6, "Trioxys obscuriformis n. sp." = Protacanthoides fossilis6, "Aphidius quievreuxi n. sp." = Promonoctonia quievreuxi6, Oligoaphidius sannoniensis n. gen. n. sp.6, Holocnomus braconiformis n. gen. n. sp.6
Protephedrus terciarius n. gen. n. sp.6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 505
"Praon gausai n. sp." = Archipraon gausai6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 968, 520, 561, 589, 786, 1040, 1302
"Trioxys primigenius n. sp." = Palaeoxys primigenius6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 250, 884
"Diaeretus fuscus n. sp." = Palaeoxys fuscus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1107
"Aphidius premedicaginis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius premedicaginis6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 632
"Aphidius cenozoicum n. sp." = Pseudaphidius cenozoicus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 252, 267, 892, 1335
"Aphidius saliniferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius saliniferus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1137
"Aphidius nigrofacies n. sp." = Pseudaphidius nigrofacies6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 874
"Aphidius torneli n. sp." = Pseudaphidius torneli6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 756
"Aphidius oligoarundinis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligoarundinis6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 835
"Aphidius oligocenus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligocenus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 193, 755, 810, 963, 979, 1021, 1116
"Aphidius pseudogranarius n. sp." = Pseudaphidius pseudogranarius6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1298
"Aphidius lysiphleboides n. sp." = Pseudaphidius lysiphleboides6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1264
"Aphidius fosiliferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius fosiliferus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1003
"Diaeretus berdlandi n. sp." = Protodiaeretiella berdlandi6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 609, 819
"Trioxys obscuriformis n. sp." = Protacanthoides fossilis6 Mackauer 1959 wasp
Quievreux No. 99
"Aphidius quievreuxi n. sp." = Promonoctonia quievreuxi6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 309(239), 371, 833, 986, 1001
Oligoaphidius sannoniensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 673
Holocnomus braconiformis n. gen. n. sp.6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 780
 Neuroptera -
Myrmeleontoidea indet.2
Myrmeleontoidea indet.2 Latreille 1802 lacewing
MNHN IPM-R.54245 (Quievreux 2001) - Myrmeleontidae or Nemopteridae
 Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
Stenonemiini indet.2
Stenonemiini indet.2 Orfila 1955 thread-winged antlion
MNHN IPM-R.54246 (Quievreux 740)
 Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Pararchiconis quievreuxi n. gen. n. sp.2
Pararchiconis quievreuxi n. gen. n. sp.2 Nel 1991 dustywing
MNHN IPM-R.54244 (Quievreux 1232)
 Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
Raphidiidae "indet. E"3
Raphidiidae "indet. E"3 Latreille 1810 snakefly
MNHN-LP-R.10417 ("Raphidia" sp. in Quievreux 1935)
 Diptera - Cylindrotomidae
Cyttaromyia quievreuxi n. sp.7
Cyttaromyia quievreuxi n. sp.7 Séguy 1934 long bodied crane fly
Quievreux 526
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Hercostomus sp.4, Hercostomus quievreuxi n. sp.4
Hercostomus sp.4 Loew 1857 long-legged fly
Quievreux 852
Hercostomus quievreuxi n. sp.4 Parent and Quiévreux 1935 long-legged fly
Quievreux 1030
 Diptera - Sciaridae
"Lycoria (Neosciara) oligocoenica n. sp." = Bradysia oligocenica5, "Lycoria (Neosciara) tertiaria n. sp." = Bradysia tertiaria5, Protosciara alsatica n. gen. n. sp.5
"Lycoria (Neosciara) oligocoenica n. sp." = Bradysia oligocenica5 Quiévreux 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
Quievreux 1050-1336, 1221-61-42
"Lycoria (Neosciara) tertiaria n. sp." = Bradysia tertiaria5 Quiévreux 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
Quievreux 1338, 1358, probably 559, 1318, 347, 543, 1208, 1227, 1228, 1287
Protosciara alsatica n. gen. n. sp.5 Quiévreux 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
Quievreux 1211
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Neoempheria wittenheimiana n. sp.5
Neoempheria wittenheimiana n. sp.5 Quiévreux 1938 fungus gnat
Quievreux 1364
1Berland 1939; 2Nel 1991; 3Nel 1993; 4Parent and Quiévreux 1935; 5Quiévreux 1938; 6Quilis Pérez 1940; 7Séguy 1934