Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47.8° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 8.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified tuff
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Herr Dr. Jul. Schill in Freiburg im Breisgau
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 152952: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Dytiscus avunculus n. sp.
Dytiscus avunculus n. sp. von Heyden 1862 predaceous diving beetle |