Where: Germany (51.6° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° S, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bochum Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Hanging wall of Hermann 2 shaft, upper Bochum Shale, upper Westphalian A

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1959

• Repository: Westfälischen Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum

Primary reference: W. Schmidt. 1962. Neue insekten aus dem rheinisch-westfälischen Oberkarbon. Fortschritte in der Geologie von Rheinland und Westfalen 6:819-860 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157047: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.06.2014

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