Where: Switzerland (46.5° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 4.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• Probably from "Molasse Grise de Lausanne"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1883. Ueber die fossilen Insekten Grönlands. Flora Fossilis Grönlandica. Die Fossile Flora Grönlands 143-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152297: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Helops molassicus n. sp." = Anthracohelops molassicus
"Helops molassicus n. sp." = Anthracohelops molassicus Heer 1883 darkling beetle |