Béthune, pit 9, stage 301, recoupage 9270 (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 11.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Shales between veins D and Saint-Marc. Assise d'Anzin, faisceau de Six Sillons

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. Bertrand in 1939

• 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 152786: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Protorthoptera -
Cacurgellus barryi Pruvost 1919 winged insect
D38A