Rhön (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.4° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Braunkohle der Rhön

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: collection of Mr. Hassencamp

Primary reference: C. von Heyden. 1862. Gliederthiere aus der Braunkohle des Niederrhein's, der Wetterau und der Röhn. Palaeontographica 10:62-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152951: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio tertiarius n. sp.
Bibio tertiarius n. sp. von Heyden 1862 march fly
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
"Ancylochira pristina n. sp." = Buprestis pristina, "Perotis redita n. sp." = Perotis reditus
"Ancylochira pristina n. sp." = Buprestis pristina von Heyden 1862 jewel beetle
"Perotis redita n. sp." = Perotis reditus von Heyden 1862 jewel beetle