Wilhelmsfund mine, near Westerburg (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.6° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° N, 6.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• "Braunkohle"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Naturhistorischen Vereins des Herzogthums Nassau zu Wiesbaden

Primary reference: C. H. G. von Heyden. 1856. Reste von Insekten aus der Braunkohle von Salzhausen und Westerburg. Palaeontographica 4:198-201 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152937: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Therevidae
Thereva carbonum n. sp.
Thereva carbonum n. sp. von Heyden 1856 stiletto fly
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio antiquus n. sp.
Bibio antiquus n. sp. von Heyden 1856 march fly