Lens mines, pit 1, bowette 152 (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 2.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 11.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)

• Roof of a passage cut 0.3 m in bure 194 (bowette 152). Faisceau d'Ernesine or assise de Bruay.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• Shale with plant imprints, rich in Cordaites leaves

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Musee Houiller de l'Universite de Lille

Primary reference: P. Pruvost. 1919. Introduction à l'Étude du Terrain Houiller du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais: la Faune Continentale du Terrain Houiller du Nord de la France 1-584 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155438: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
"Mesitoblatta antegressa n. sp." = Pruvostianus antegressus
"Mesitoblatta antegressa n. sp." = Pruvostianus antegressus Pruvost 1919 cockroach
MGL 1789