PBDB Collection

Geiseltal (Halle collection) (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• The coallayer is at the border of Cusien to Lutetian

•Franzen & Haubold 1986: lower Middle Eocene

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lignite and shale

• Geiseltal comes from a swampy environment. Subsidence caused by dissolution of underlying salts and anhydrite ("volcanic basin" is the closest tectonic setting category).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Voigt, Pongracz in 1929-1931

Collection methods: bulk,

• Repository: Geologisches Institut Halle (some specimens or counterparts at Hungarian National Museum)

Primary reference: A. Pongrácz. 1935. Die eozäne Insektenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 2:485-572 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155693: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2014, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Odonata - Thaumatoneuridae	Eothaumatoneura ptychoptera n. gen. n. sp. Eothaumatoneura ptychoptera n. gen. n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 damselfly No. 9-13
Dicondylia -	Blattodea indet. Blattodea indet. Latreille 1810 cockroach
Blattodea - Termitidae	Termes sp. Termes sp. Linnaeus 1758 termite No. 1, 2
Blattodea - Blaberidae	Eolampra longicauda n. gen. n. sp., Epilampra sp., "? Leucophaea sp." = Pycnoscelus Eolampra longicauda n. gen. n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 giant cockroach Epilampra sp. Burmeister 1838 giant cockroach No. 5 "? Leucophaea sp." = Pycnoscelus Scudder 1862 giant cockroach No. 3
Dicondylia -	Orthoptera indet. Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789 grasshopper No. 6
Orthoptera - Tetrigidae	Tetrix sp. Tetrix sp. Latreille 1802 pygmy grasshopper
Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae	? Bothromicromus sp. ? Bothromicromus sp. Scudder 1878 brown lacewing
Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae	Eophyllocerus glaucinus n. sp.², Eophyllocerus scrobiculatus n. sp.² Eophyllocerus glaucinus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 scarab beetle Nr. 2621, 2297 Eophyllocerus scrobiculatus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 scarab beetle Nr. 1218, 1722, 1801, 1872, 1916, 2005, 2241, 2248, 2290, 2335, 2349, 2426, 2592, 2718
Coleoptera - Agyrtidae	Eosilphites decoratus n. sp.² Eosilphites decoratus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 primitive carrion beetle Nr. 1839
Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae	Tenebrionidae indet., "Eocallidium rugulosus n. gen. n. sp." = Eocallidium rugulosum², Paropiophorus nitidus n. gen. n. sp.², "Eoallognosis undulatus n. sp." = Eoallognosis undulata², Eoallognosis limbellus n. sp.², Parakeleusticus postumus n. gen. n. sp.², "Caryosoma rugosus n. gen. n. sp." = Caryosoma rugosum², Mimohelops venosus n. gen. n. sp.², "Eodromus aeneocupreus n. sp." = Eodromus agilis, Eodromus punctatostriatus n. sp.², Eodromus punctatosulcatus n. sp., Eodromus helopoides n. sp.², Anthracohelops minutus n. sp.², Anthracohelops gigas n. sp.², Pyrochalcaspis giseltalensis n. gen. n. sp.², Rhinohelaeites longipes n. gen. n. sp.², "Eoallognosis punctulatus n. sp." = Rhinohelaeites punctatulus², Eohelaeus perpunctatus n. sp.², Eohelaeus sublaevis n. sp.², Helops sp. Tenebrionidae indet. Latreille 1802 darkling beetle "Eocallidium rugulosus n. gen. n. sp." = Eocallidium rugulosum² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1678 Paropiophorus nitidus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1710 "Eoallognosis undulatus n. sp." = Eoallognosis undulata² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 2689, 1905, 2480, 2507, 5816 Eoallognosis limbellus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1247 Parakeleusticus postumus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1842 "Caryosoma rugosus n. gen. n. sp." = Caryosoma rugosum² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Inv. Nr. 3373, 5010 Mimohelops venosus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1275, 1659, 2110, 2710, 3383 "Eodromus aeneocupreus n. sp." = Eodromus agilis Meunier 1921 darkling beetle No. 14-21; Nr. 1867, 1812, 2102, 3507, 2192, 2458, 1727 in Haupt 1950 (as E. agilis) Eodromus punctatostriatus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1623, 1884, 2116, 2119, 1673, 1954, 2174, 2304, 2585, 2637, two unnumbered Eodromus punctatosulcatus n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 darkling beetle Eodromus helopoides n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 2298, 2188 Anthracohelops minutus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1232, 1749 Anthracohelops gigas n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 3186 Pyrochalcaspis giseltalensis n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Inv. Nr. 5050, 3591, 5086, 5066, 1790, 1786; Nr. 2582, 2011, 2634, 1777, 2669, 1991 Rhinohelaeites longipes n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1264, 1817, 3512, 3549 "Eoallognosis punctulatus n. sp." = Rhinohelaeites punctatulus² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 2474 Eohelaeus perpunctatus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 2171 Eohelaeus sublaevis n. sp.² Haupt 1950 darkling beetle Nr. 1669 Helops sp. Fabricius 1775 darkling beetle
Coleoptera - Cerambycidae	Cerambycidae indet., Xyloeconites proavus n. gen. n. sp.² Cerambycidae indet. Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle No. 47, 56/58, 61 Xyloeconites proavus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 longhorned beetle
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	Donacia voigti n. sp.¹, Donacia statzi n. sp.¹, Donacia weigelti n. sp.¹, Mesomphalia gemmaspis n. sp., ? Cassida sp., Eocassida longula n. gen. n. sp.², Acassidites separandus n. gen. n. sp.², Callistaspis punctatus n. gen. n. sp.², Eoeumolpinus azureoviridis n. gen. n. sp.², Eosagra obliquata n. sp.², Eosagra subparallela n. sp.², Eochrysomela ornata n. gen. n. sp.², Gonocelis notatus n. gen. n. sp.², Halocoleus cameratus n. gen. n. sp.² Donacia voigti n. sp.¹ Goecke 1943 leaf beetle Donacia statzi n. sp.¹ Goecke 1943 leaf beetle Donacia weigelti n. sp.¹ Goecke 1943 leaf beetle Mesomphalia gemmaspis n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 tortoise beetle ? Cassida sp. Linnaeus 1758 tortoise beetle No. 62 Eocassida longula n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 tortoise beetle Acassidites separandus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 tortoise beetle Nr. 1526 Callistaspis punctatus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 tortoise beetle Nr. 1831, 1711, 2136, 2165 Eoeumolpinus azureoviridis n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 leaf beetle Nr. 3852 Eosagra obliquata n. sp.² Haupt 1950 frog-legged beetle Nr. 2610, 5871 Eosagra subparallela n. sp.² Haupt 1950 frog-legged beetle Nr. 2485, 3303, 2638, 2062, 1249, 1858, 2205, 2302, 2654, 2720, 3385 Eochrysomela ornata n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 leaf beetle Gonocelis notatus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 leaf beetle Halocoleus cameratus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 leaf beetle
Coleoptera - Attelabidae	Cryptorrhynchites sculpturatus n. gen. n. sp.² Cryptorrhynchites sculpturatus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 leaf rolling weevil Unnumbered and Nr. 5815
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	Curculionites punctillatus n. sp.², ? Rhynchophorus sp. Curculionites punctillatus n. sp.² Haupt 1950 snout beetle ? Rhynchophorus sp. Herbst 1795 snout beetle
Coleoptera - Buprestidae	Microjulodis auratus n. gen. n. sp.², "Iridotaenia primordialis n. sp." = Chrysodema primordialis, "Iridotaenia voigti n. sp." = Chrysodema primordialis, Polybothris antiquus n. sp., "Eolampetis weigelti n. gen. n. sp." = Lampetis weigelti, "Eolampetis micans n. sp." = Lampetis weigelti², Psiloptera sp., "Stizonotus marmoratus n. sp." = Psiloptera haupti², "Stizonotus signatus n. sp." = Psiloptera signata², "Stizonotus eximius n. sp." = Psiloptera eximia², "Eochalcophora transversovittata n. sp." = Psiloptera transversovittata², "Eochalcophora abbreviata n. sp." = Psiloptera transversovittata², "Taenionotus maculatus n. sp." = Psiloptera maculata², Psiloptera incerta n. sp.³, "Eolampetis schulzi n. sp." = Psiloptera schulzi², "Ancylocheira acroptera n. sp." = Psiloptera acroptera, Psiloptera chrysochlora n. sp., Psiloptera granulata n. sp., "Taenionotus fasciatus n. sp." = Psiloptera fasciata², Psiloptera zeuneri n. sp., Dicerca acanthoptera n. sp., Dicerca punctatosulcata n. sp., Cinyra pulchella n. sp.³, "Glaphyroptera" sp., ? Buprestites sp., Buprestites sp., Buprestites goniaspis n. sp., "Perotis minnae" = Buprestites minnae, Buprestites aeneoviolacea n. sp., Buprestites obscura n. sp., Buprestites splendida n. sp., "Coroebus carniolicus n. sp." = Anthaxia carniolica, "Eoanthaxites unicolor n. sp." = Anthaxia haupti², "Eoanthaxites irregularis n. sp." = Anthaxia viridicyanea², Eurythyrea sp., Eurythyrea bilyi n. sp.³, Buprestis sp., "Rhabdoglyptus seorsus n. sp." = Buprestis seorsus², "Eolampetis griseomicans n. sp." = Buprestis griseomicans², "Rhabdoglyptus auratostriatus n. sp." = Buprestis auratostriata², "Buprestis (Cypriacis) hauboldi n. sp." = Buprestis hauboldi³, "Rhabdoglyptus viridistriatus n. sp." = Buprestis viridistriatus², Buprestis pongraczi n. sp.³, Buprestis margineaurata n. sp.³, Archelater megaloprepus n. sp., Archelater aeneoviridis n. sp., Archelater rutilogrammus n. sp., Archelater major n. sp. Microjulodis auratus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle "Iridotaenia primordialis n. sp." = Chrysodema primordialis Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Nr. 1793 in Weidlich 1987 (Weidlich has 42 specimens, presumably including 1 type of I. voigti) "Iridotaenia voigti n. sp." = Chrysodema primordialis Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Polybothris antiquus n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle No. 36 "Eolampetis weigelti n. gen. n. sp." = Lampetis weigelti Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle No. 28-33, 35; Nr. 1763, 3814, 3818 in Haupt 1950; Weidlich lists 48 specimens including 1756 "Eolampetis micans n. sp." = Lampetis weigelti² Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Nr. 1746 Psiloptera sp. Dejean 1833 jewel beetle "Stizonotus marmoratus n. sp." = Psiloptera haupti² Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 1653, 3972 (Weidlich lists 7 specimens) "Stizonotus signatus n. sp." = Psiloptera signata² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 3757 "Stizonotus eximius n. sp." = Psiloptera eximia² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 1213 "Eochalcophora transversovittata n. sp." = Psiloptera transversovittata² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 1615 (Weidlich has 17 specimens, including E. abbreviata) "Eochalcophora abbreviata n. sp." = Psiloptera transversovittata² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 1912, 2063, 3127, 3384, 3731, 3970, 5861, 5875, 3334/Inv. Nr. 5085 "Taenionotus maculatus n. sp." = Psiloptera maculata² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 3563 Psiloptera incerta n. sp.³ Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 1274, 1853, 2542 "Eolampetis schulzi n. sp." = Psiloptera schulzi² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 2266, 3887, 5820 "Ancylocheira acroptera n. sp." = Psiloptera acroptera Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle No. 22 and two unnumbered; Nr. 1718, 2026, 3506 in Haupt, 1950 (Weidlich lists 29 specimens) Psiloptera chrysochlora n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Psiloptera granulata n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle "Taenionotus fasciatus n. sp." = Psiloptera fasciata² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 2197 (Weidlich also lists 2069) Psiloptera zeuneri n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Dicerca acanthoptera n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Dicerca punctatosulcata n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Cinyra pulchella n. sp.³ Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 1712 "Glaphyroptera" sp. Heer 1852 jewel beetle ? Buprestites sp. Heer 1847 jewel beetle No. 26 Buprestites sp. Heer 1847 jewel beetle Buprestites goniaspis n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle "Perotis minnae" = Buprestites minnae Giebel 1856 jewel beetle No. 25 Buprestites aeneoviolacea n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Buprestites obscura n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle Buprestites splendida n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle "Coroebus carniolicus n. sp." = Anthaxia carniolica Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle 3 additional in Haupt, 1950 (Nr. 1229, 3727, 3883) "Eoanthaxites unicolor n. sp." = Anthaxia haupti² Bílý 1995 jewel beetle Nr. 1644, 2105, 3890, 5806 "Eoanthaxites irregularis n. sp." = Anthaxia viridicyanea² Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 1609 Eurythyrea sp. Dejean 1833 jewel beetle Eurythyrea bilyi n. sp.³ Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 2345, 2619, 3145 Buprestis sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel beetle "Rhabdoglyptus seorsus n. sp." = Buprestis seorsus² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 1984 "Eolampetis griseomicans n. sp." = Buprestis griseomicans² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 5820, 2005; Weidlich lists 11 specimens "Rhabdoglyptus auratostriatus n. sp." = Buprestis auratostriata² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 2202; Nr. 1633 in Weidlich 1987 "Buprestis (Cypriacis) hauboldi n. sp." = Buprestis hauboldi³ Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 2126 "Rhabdoglyptus viridistriatus n. sp." = Buprestis viridistriatus² Haupt 1950 jewel beetle Nr. 3536 Buprestis pongraczi n. sp.³ Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 2648 Buprestis margineaurata n. sp.³ Weidlich 1987 jewel beetle Nr. 2386, 2187 Archelater megaloprepus n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle No. 34/37 Archelater aeneoviridis n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle No. 38/41, 40, 57 Archelater rutilogrammus n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle No. 42/43, 59 Archelater major n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 jewel beetle
Coleoptera - Elateridae	Elater sp., Eopyrophorus mixtus n. gen. n. sp.² Elater sp. Linnaeus 1758 click beetle Eopyrophorus mixtus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 click beetle At least one specimen
Coleoptera - Carabidae	? Carabidae indet., ? Carabus sp., ? Pristonychus sp., Poecilus virgatus n. sp. ? Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle ? Carabus sp. Linnaeus 1758 ground beetle ? Pristonychus sp. Dejean 1828 ground beetle Poecilus virgatus n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 ground beetle No. 7, 8, 59
Coleoptera -	Eumecoleus tenuis n. gen. n. sp.², Lecanopteryx miranda n. gen. n. sp.² Eumecoleus tenuis n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 beetle Nr. 2365,1203, 1216, 1217, 1294, 1698, 2163, 2178, 3174 Lecanopteryx miranda n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 beetle Nr. 1846, 1867, 3557
Strepsiptera -	Pseudococcites eocaenicus n. gen. n. sp.² Pseudococcites eocaenicus n. gen. n. sp.² Haupt 1950 twisted-winged parasite found in the gut of Eopyrophorus sp.
Hemiptera - Nogodinidae	Lithopsis major n. sp. Lithopsis major n. sp. Pongrácz 1935 planthopper

¹Goecke 1943; ²Haupt 1950; ³Weidlich 1987