Where: Belgium (50.4° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 12.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Flénu Formation, Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by Persenaire
Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1904. Les insectes houillers de la Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3:1-20 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151844: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.10.2013, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Mecynoptera splendida n. gen. n. sp.
Mecynoptera splendida n. gen. n. sp. Handlirsch 1904 winged insect |