Camoins-les-Bains (Timon-David collection) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Bouches-du-Rhone, France (43.3° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 2.9° E)

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl

• Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Timon-David collection, Marseille

Primary reference: J. Timon-David. 1944. Insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène inférieur des Camoins (Bassin de Marseille). I - Diptères Brachycères. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 48:128-134 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155869: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2014, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
"Pseudonortonia sepulta n. gen. n. sp." = Eunortonia sepulta1
"Pseudonortonia sepulta n. gen. n. sp." = Eunortonia sepulta1 Timon-David 1944 potter wasp
 Hymenoptera - Halictidae
Halictus ruissatelensis n. sp.1 Timon-David 1944 sweat bee
 Hymenoptera - Philanthidae
Cerceris berlandi n. sp.1 Timon-David 1944 apoid wasp
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Microplitis elegans n. sp.1 Timon-David 1944 wasp
Ephedrus mirabilis n. sp.1 Timon-David 1944 wasp
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
"Aeschna palaeocoerulea n. sp." = Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea2
"Aeschna palaeocoerulea n. sp." = Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea2 Timon-David 1946 darner dragonfly
 Diptera - Asilidae
Machimus kollmanni n. sp. Timon-David 1944 robber fly
 Diptera - Bombyliidae
Phthiria oligocenica n. sp. Timon-David 1944 bee fly
 Diptera - Syrphidae
"Chilosia padovana n. sp." = Cheilosia padovana
"Chilosia padovana n. sp." = Cheilosia padovana Timon-David 1944 hoverfly
 Diptera - Heleomyzidae
Heleomyza fagei n. sp. Timon-David 1944 fly
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Sciapus combaluzieri n. sp. Timon-David 1944 long-legged fly
 Diptera - Hybotidae
Tachydromia theobaldi n. sp. Timon-David 1944 dance fly