Baldur coal mine, Lippemulde (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.7° N, 7.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Westphalian B according to Brauckmann & Hahn, 1980

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Dr. Kukuk

Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1922. Eine Blattide (Protoblattinae) aus dem Kohlen-becken Baldur (Lippemulde), Westfalen. Jahrbuch der Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 42:511-512 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155695: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Eoblattida -
Balduria archaica n. gen. n. sp.
Balduria archaica n. gen. n. sp. Meunier 1922 insect