La Prade, Lodève basin (Permian of France)

Where: Languedoc, France (43.6° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Merifrons Member (Salagou Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Upper part of Salagou Formation (Merifrons Member) is primarily Kungurian age, according to Michel et al. (2015), constrained by Artinskian radiometric ages in the underlying Octon Mb.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified siltstone

• Small ponds on a playa lake; Lodève Basin, half-graben
• Fossils found from rills & siltstone channels

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. Lapeyrie

• Repository: Musée Fleury. Lodève, France

Primary reference: C. Fate, J. Lapeyrie, and A. Nel. 2013. A new Permagrionidae from the Middle Permian of the south of France (Odonatoptera: Protozygoptera). Zootaxa 3702:397-400 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150102: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia - Permagrionidae
Salagoulestes wesleyi n. gen. n. sp.
Salagoulestes wesleyi n. gen. n. sp. Fate et al. 2013 winged insect
LdLAP 584