Lens mines, pit 16, Celine vein (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 11.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)

• Roof of the Celine vein (Faisceau d'Ernestine)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• Shale with plant imprints, rich in Cordaites leaves

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1911

• 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 151693: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Gyroblattidae
"Necymylacris lafittei n. sp." = Phylomylacris lafittei
"Necymylacris lafittei n. sp." = Phylomylacris lafittei Pruvost 1912 cockroach