Lens mines, pit 2, Theodore vein (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)

• Top of second layer below Theodore vein

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• Shale with plants

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by A. Villet 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 151696: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Poroblattinidae
Premnoblatta duffieuxi n. gen. n. sp.
Premnoblatta duffieuxi n. gen. n. sp. Pruvost 1919 cockroach
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Stenomylacris montagnei n. sp. Pruvost 1912 cockroach