Alderton Hill (Brodie collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dumbleton Member (Whitby Mudstone Formation), Falciferum (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• From the Fish Bed. Cleviceras exaratum Subzone, lower Harpoceras falciferum Zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by P.B. Brodie; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. Buckman. 1843. On the occurrence of the remains of insects in the Upper Lias of the county of Gloucester. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 4:211-212 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154307: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.02.2014, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Limoniidae
"Liassotipula anglicana n. gen. n. sp." = Architipula anglicana6
"Liassotipula anglicana n. gen. n. sp." = Architipula anglicana6 Tillyard 1933 crane fly
BMNH I.11298, I 11272 all from Brodie, 1898
 Blattaria - Raphidiomimidae
"Mesoblattina blakei n. sp." = Liadoblattina blakei4
"Mesoblattina blakei n. sp." = Liadoblattina blakei4 Scudder 1886 cockroach
NHM I.3574
 Hemiptera -
Margaroptilon brodiei n. sp.2 Handlirsch 1906 planthopper
Specimen in pl 8, fig 10
 Neuroptera -
Archeosmylus alysius Whalley 1988 lacewing
BMNH I.11281
 Neuroptera - Prohemerobiidae
"Pterinoblattina curtisii n. sp." = Paractinophlebia curtisii7, Prohemerobius aldertonensis n. sp.7, "Pterinoblattina intermixta n. sp." = Actinophlebia intermixta3
"Pterinoblattina curtisii n. sp." = Paractinophlebia curtisii7 Scudder 1886 lacewing
NHM I.3585
Prohemerobius aldertonensis n. sp.7 Whalley 1988 lacewing
NHM I.11304
"Pterinoblattina intermixta n. sp." = Actinophlebia intermixta3 Scudder 1885 lacewing
NHM I.3577
 Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
"Necrotaulius pygmaeus n. sp." = Necrotaulius parvulus6
"Necrotaulius pygmaeus n. sp." = Necrotaulius parvulus6 Geinitz 1884 winged insect
BMNH I.15014
 Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Protobittacus handlirschi n. sp.6 Tillyard 1933 hangingfly
BMNH I.11406
 Odonata - Liassogomphidae
"Gomphites brodiei n. gen. n. sp." = Heterothemis brodiei5
"Gomphites brodiei n. gen. n. sp." = Heterothemis brodiei5 Brodie 1845 dragonfly
BMNH I 3552, I 11288 Both from Brodie Coll
 Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
"Libellula (Heterophlebia) dislocata n. sp." = Heterophlebia buckmani1
"Libellula (Heterophlebia) dislocata n. sp." = Heterophlebia buckmani1 Brodie 1845 dragonfly
BMNH I 3988