Bruay-en-Artois, coal heap no 26 (Carboniferous to of France)

Where: Nord Pas de Calais, France (50.5° N, 2.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 12.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian C to Westphalian C (314.6 - 307.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black shale

• Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by P. Roques; reposited in the MNHN

• Material ultimately to be deposited in the Musée Géologique Pierre Vetter, Decazeville, France

Primary reference: A. Nel, J. Prokop, P. Nel, P. Grandcolas, D. Y. Huang, P. Roques, E. Guilbert, O. Dostál, and J. Szwedo. 2012. Traits and evolution of wing venation pattern in paraneopteran insects. Journal of Morphology 273:480-506 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153462: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Bruayaphis oudardi n. gen. n. sp.
Bruayaphis oudardi n. gen. n. sp. Nel et al. 2012 winged insect
MNHN.F.33747
 Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae
Westphaloptilus gallicus n. gen. n. sp.2
Westphaloptilus gallicus n. gen. n. sp.2 Guan et al. 2016 winged insect
Bruay F.5 BR27-28
 Dicondylia -
Archaeorthoptera indet.1, Bruaylogus magnificus n. gen. n. sp.1
Archaeorthoptera indet.1 Béthoux and Nel 2002 winged insect
Bruay 00058b
Bruaylogus magnificus n. gen. n. sp.1 Coty et al. 2014 winged insect
Bruay 00058a
1Coty et al. 2014; 2Guan et al. 2016