Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 9.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Farrington Formation, Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
• Upper Westphalian D: Dicksonites plueckenetii Subzone; Thomas & Cleal, 1994), probably from above the No. 10 Coal Seam
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Deposited at the Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery, UK.
Primary reference: O. Béthoux and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2010. New basal neopterans from Writhlington (UK, Pennsylvanian). Alavesia 3:87-96 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156595: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 26.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Miamia rossorum n. sp.
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