Sainte Maime (Gentilini collection) (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (43.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Middle Oligocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, carbonaceous limestone

• Fish and presence of laminated sediments interpreted as deep-water, offshore assemblage. Manosque-Forcalquier basin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of G. Gentilini

Primary reference: G. Gentilini. 1993. New species of Plecia from the Oligocene of southeastern France (Diptera Bibionidae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 125:157-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156997: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia maimensis n. sp., Plecia larguensis n. sp., Plecia assonensis n. sp.
Plecia maimensis n. sp. Gentilini 1993 love bug
Plecia larguensis n. sp. Gentilini 1993 love bug
Plecia assonensis n. sp. Gentilini 1993 love bug