Where: Germany (51.5° N, 11.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 8.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Apparently Upper Oligocene
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, carbonaceous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 147345: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789 grasshopper
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
"Buprestis minnae n. sp." = Buprestites minnae
"Buprestis minnae n. sp." = Buprestites minnae Giebel 1856 jewel beetle | |
Odonata indet. Fabricius 1793 dragonfly |