Hagen-Vorhalle quarry (Hoffmann collection) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Ruhr, Germany (51.4° N, 7.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bilinguites metabilinguis ammonoid zone, Marsdenian (321.3 - 320.0 Ma)

• Marsdenian/R2c1

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified shale and sandstone

• Ruhr Basin; Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Hoffmann family

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann and L. Koch. 1982. Neue Insekten aus den Vorhalle-Schichten (oberes Namurium B) von Hagen-Vorhalle. Dortmunder Beiträge zur Landeskunde - Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 16:15-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155261: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.04.2014, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Spilapteridae
Homaloneura ligeia n. sp.2
Homaloneura ligeia n. sp.2 Brauckmann 1986 winged insect
Hoffmann H-4
 Paoliida - Paoliidae
Kochopteron hoffmannorum n. gen. n. sp.1
Kochopteron hoffmannorum n. gen. n. sp.1 Brauckmann 1984 winged insect
Hoffmann H-3
 Dicondylia - Cacurgidae
Heterologopsis ruhrensis n. gen. n. sp.
Heterologopsis ruhrensis n. gen. n. sp. Brauckmann and Koch 1982 winged insect
Hoffmann H-2
1Brauckmann 1984; 2Brauckmann 1986