Where: Germany (51.5° N, 6.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 13.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Approximately 8 m above Blücher 2 seam, middle Bochum Shale, upper Westphalian A.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Bachmann in 1959

• Repository: Geologischen Landesamtes Nordrhein-Westfalen

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 157048: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2014

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