Where: Switzerland (46.5° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 4.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: collection of Ch. Gaudin
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1862. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna Oeningens: Coleoptera. Geodephagen, Hydrocanthariden, Gyriniden, Brachelytren, Clavicornen, Lamellicornen und Buprestiden. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 16(2):1-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154053: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Hydrophilus ruminianus n. sp., Hydrophilus gaudini n. sp.
Hydrophilus ruminianus n. sp. Heer 1864 water scavenger beetle
Hydrophilus gaudini n. sp. Heer 1862 water scavenger beetle |