Dauphin, Bois d'Asson (Henrotay coll.) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Alpes-de-Haute, France (43.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Oligocéne, Stampien supérieur

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lithology not reported

• Apt basin. Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: collection Henrotay, Liege

Primary reference: A. Nel. 1988. Deux nouveaux Mantispidae (Planipennia) fossiles de l'Oligocene du sud-est de la France. Neuroptera International 5:103-109 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155208: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Neuroptera - Mantispidae
? Climaciella henrotayi n. sp.
? Climaciella henrotayi n. sp. Nel 1988 mantidfly
D.N. 1a,b
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Calosoma agassizi1
Calosoma agassizi1 Barthelemy-Lapommeraye 1846 ground beetle
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Paleotauriphila marquesi n. gen. n. sp.2
Paleotauriphila marquesi n. gen. n. sp.2 Nel and Paicheler 1993 common skimmer
D048a-b (counterpart MNHN-LP-R.54377)
 Odonata - Sieblosiidae
? Sieblosiidae "sp. 2 larva"3
? Sieblosiidae "sp. 2 larva"3 Handlirsch 1907 damselfly
Henrotay 8
1Nel 1989; 2Nel and Paicheler 1993; 3Nel and Paicheler 1994