Puy-Saint-Jean (Oligocene of France)

Where: Puy-de-Dome, France (45.8° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 0.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified limestone

• tuf calcaire à plantes silicifié d'origine hydrothermale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by M.A. Rudel

• Repository: personal collection of M.A. Rudel

Primary reference: L. Piton and M. A. Rudel. 1936. Sur de nouveaux gisements d'insectes fossiles dans l'Oligocène de la Limagne. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 5(5):78-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155204: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2014, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Lestidae
Lestes plicata n. sp.3
Lestes plicata n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 spread-winged damselfly
Rudel R65
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
Oligaeschna jungi n. sp.3
Oligaeschna jungi n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 darner dragonfly
MNHN-LP-R.54920, 54917, 54919, 54916
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
? Ichneumonidae indet.3
? Ichneumonidae indet.3 Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
 Hymenoptera - Pompilidae
? Cryptochilus dubius n. sp.3
? Cryptochilus dubius n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 spider wasp
Rudel 74
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet.3
Formicidae indet.3 Latreille 1802 ant
Rudel 48, 66, 67, 68
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet.2
Coleoptera indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Pterostichus distinctus n. sp.3, Chlaenius primaevus n. sp.3, Harpalus cf. nero1, Bembidium sp.3, Bembidium cf. saportanum2, Calosoma agassizi3
Pterostichus distinctus n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 ground beetle
Rudel 8
Chlaenius primaevus n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 ground beetle
Rudel 35, 60
Harpalus cf. nero1 Oustalet 1874 ground beetle
MNHN-F-R55031 (Rudel 23)
Bembidium sp.3 Latreille 1802 ground beetle
MNHN-F-R55025 (Rudel 56)
Bembidium cf. saportanum2 Oustalet 1874 ground beetle
Rudel 2, 19
Calosoma agassizi3 Barthelemy-Lapommeraye 1846 ground beetle
 Coleoptera - Ptinidae
Niptus sp.3
Niptus sp.3 Boieldieu 1856 spider beetle
Rudel 24
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilus magnificus n. sp.3
Hydrophilus magnificus n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 water scavenger beetle
MNHN-F-R55024 (Rudel 22)
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Scydmaenus heeri2
Scydmaenus heeri2 Oustalet 1874 antlike stone beetle
Rudel 4c
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
? Heliocopris sp.3, Onthophagus arvernus n. sp.3, Anomala martyi n. sp.3
? Heliocopris sp.3 Hope 1837 scarab beetle
MNHN-F-R55028 (Rudel 59/59a)
Onthophagus arvernus n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 scarab beetle
Rudel 31(31a)
Anomala martyi n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 scarab beetle
MNHN-F-R55029 (Rudel 21)
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomela rudeli2
Chrysomela rudeli2 Piton 1936 leaf beetle
Rudel 4b
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Hipporhinus heeri2, "Cleonus cf. sexsulcatus" = Rhytidoderes sexsulcatus2, Phyllobius sp.2, Pachylobius martyi n. sp.2, "Otiorhynchites heribaudi n. sp." = Ophryastites heribaudi
Hipporhinus heeri2 Germar 1849 snout beetle
MNHN-F-R55020 (Rudel 11)
"Cleonus cf. sexsulcatus" = Rhytidoderes sexsulcatus2 Heer 1856 snout beetle
MNHN-F-R55019 (Rudel 9/10)
Phyllobius sp.2 Schoenher 1824 snout beetle
Rudel 4a; Rudel 76 in Piton & Theobald, 1939
Pachylobius martyi n. sp.2 Piton and Théobald 1936 snout beetle
Rudel 12(5)
"Otiorhynchites heribaudi n. sp." = Ophryastites heribaudi Piton 1936 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Melyridae
Troglops sp.2
Troglops sp.2 Erichson 1840 soft-winged flower beetle
Rudel 18
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
"Telephorus sp." = Cantharis2
"Telephorus sp." = Cantharis2 Linnaeus 1758 soldier beetle
MNHN-F-R55023 (Rudel 2); Rudel 37 in Piton & Theobald, 1939
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Cydnopsis dangeardi n. sp.
Cydnopsis dangeardi n. sp. Piton 1936 burrowing bug
Type in Piton, 1936; Rudel 3, 6 in Piton & Theobald,1936
 Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
Eurygaster sp.3
Eurygaster sp.3 Laporte 1833 metallic shield bug
MNHN-F-R55018 (Rudel 28)
 Hemiptera - Cicadidae
Cicadatra cf. serresi3
Cicadatra cf. serresi3 Meunier 1915 cicada
Rudel 58
 Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
"Agraecia reticulata n. sp." = Senexefigia reticulata3
"Agraecia reticulata n. sp." = Senexefigia reticulata3 Piton and Théobald 1939 katydid
MNHN F-R55027 (Rudel 62)
 Diptera -
Diptera indet.3
Diptera indet.3 Linnaeus 1758 fly
Rudel 50, 69, 70
 Diptera - Asilidae
Permessus asiloides n. gen. n. sp.3
Permessus asiloides n. gen. n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 robber fly
MNHN F-R55022 (Rudel 64)
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Limnophila calcarea n. sp.3
Limnophila calcarea n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 crane fly
Rudel 49(49a)
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Dalletastacus enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.3
Dalletastacus enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.3 Piton and Théobald 1939 decapod
1Legalov 2015; 2Piton and Théobald 1936; 3Piton and Théobald 1939