Lens mines, pit 6, bow 603, voie 19 (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 11.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)

• Voie 19 by Dle 18A

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• Very fine shale with Anthracomya

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Musee Houiller de Lille

Primary reference: D. Laurentiaux. 1949. Les insectes Cacurgidae du terrain houiller du nord de la France. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 69:55-65 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152785: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Omaliaidae
Omalia sp. Van Beneden and Coemans 1867 winged insect
MGL 4217