Ambérieux (Miocene of France)

Where: Ain, France (46.0° N, 5.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Rodents from Ambérieu are late Miocene (MN 10) in age, but the insect may not come from the same locality

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, calcareous shale

• Bresse graben.
• "Schiste marneux"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Given to Millière by a naturalist from Ambérieux (Ain)

Primary reference: P. Millière. 1853. Observations relatives a l'empreinte d'un Hémiptère fossile. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Troisième Série 1:9-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151683: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera -
Aphis longicaudatus n. sp. Millière 1853 aphid