Corent (Oustalet collection) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Auvergne, France (45.7° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Stampian (=Rupelian)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, white marl

• Large lake based on presence of ostracods, charophytes, and fish, as well as thickness of sediments (90-300 m) and wide distribution. Limagne Graben rift basin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by E. Oustalet in 1869

• Repository: collection of M. Fouilhoux

Primary reference: E. Oustalet. 1870. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains Tertiaires de la France, première partie, insectes fossiles de l'Auvergne. Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 2(3):1-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152488: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Protomyia adusta, Bibio gigas, "Protomyia globularis n. sp." = Penthetria globularis
Protomyia adusta Oustalet 1870 march fly
Bibio gigas Oustalet 1870 march fly
"Protomyia globularis n. sp." = Penthetria globularis Oustalet 1870 march fly
 Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Stratiomys heberti
Stratiomys heberti Oustalet 1870 soldier fly
"numerous specimens"
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionites ovatus n. sp.
Curculionites ovatus n. sp. Oustalet 1870 snout beetle