Fontanes (Gard) (Carboniferous of France)

Where: France (43.8° N, 4.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 16.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian A (305.1 - 301.5 Ma)

• Fourth bed at Fontanes

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Grand'Eury

• Repository: Ecole des Mines de Paris

Primary reference: F. C. Grand'Eury. 1890. Géologie et Paléontologie du Bassin Houiller du Gard 1-354 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155725: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Gyroblattidae
"Platyblattina ampla n. sp." = Progonoblattina helvetica1, "Etoblattina fontanensis n. sp." = Progonoblattina helvetica2
"Platyblattina ampla n. sp." = Progonoblattina helvetica1 Heer 1864 cockroach
"Etoblattina fontanensis n. sp." = Progonoblattina helvetica2 Heer 1864 cockroach