Lens mines, pit 9, bowette 926 (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° S, 12.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• Roof of the first level under Girard vein (Faisceau d'Edouard)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• Very fine shale with Anthracomya

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by G. Montagne in 1912

• Repository: Musee Houiller de l'Universite de Lille

Primary reference: P. Pruvost. 1912. Les insectes houillers du Nord de la France. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 41:323-380 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151692: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Gyroblattidae
Phylomylacris pintrandi2, Phylomylacris chailleti n. sp.2, Phylomylacris fougerollesi n. sp.2, Phylomylacris cor n. sp.2, "Necymylacris villeti n. sp." = Pruvostia villeti, Phylomylacris nervosa2, Phylomylacris lensiana n. sp.1
Phylomylacris pintrandi2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1833, 1834
Phylomylacris chailleti n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1839
Phylomylacris fougerollesi n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1827, 1829
Phylomylacris cor n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1840
"Necymylacris villeti n. sp." = Pruvostia villeti Pruvost 1912 cockroach
Phylomylacris nervosa2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1838
Phylomylacris lensiana n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1922 cockroach
MGL 1845
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Barroisiblatta guerrei n. sp.2, Barroisiblatta jourdani2, Archaeotiphe dalmaisi n. sp.2, Archaeotiphe didieri n. sp.2
Barroisiblatta guerrei n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1781
Barroisiblatta jourdani2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1783
Archaeotiphe dalmaisi n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1778
Archaeotiphe didieri n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1776 (not 1777)
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
"Hemimylacris saclieri n. sp." = Cyphomylacris saclieri2
"Hemimylacris saclieri n. sp." = Cyphomylacris saclieri2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1822
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta perangusta n. sp.2, Phyloblatta thieryi n. sp.2, Phyloblatta didierana n. sp.1
Phyloblatta perangusta n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 winged insect
MGL 1775
Phyloblatta thieryi n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919 winged insect
MGL 1773, 1774
Phyloblatta didierana n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1922 winged insect
MGL 1777
Xiphosura
 Xiphosurida -
Omoptilus hispidus n. gen. n. sp.2
Omoptilus hispidus n. gen. n. sp.2 Pruvost 1919
MGL 1758
Malacostraca
 Palaeocaridacea - Pleurocarididae
Pleurocaris annulatus2
Pleurocaris annulatus2 Calman 1911
MGL 1882
1Handlirsch 1922; 2Pruvost 1919