Céreste (PNR Luberon collection) (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Cereste

Where: France (43.9° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campagne-Calavon Formation, MP 23 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• ~33.9 Ma to ~28.1 Ma, Oligocene, Rupelian (level MP 23, Reichenbacher & Philippe 1997).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonate

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontology collection of the Parc Naturel Régional du Lubéron

Primary reference: A. Nel, J. Nel, and C. Balme. 1993. Un nouveau Lépidoptère Satyrinae fossile de l'Oligocène du Sud-Est de la France (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Linneana Belgica 14:20-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157327: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Luberotenthredo cerestensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Nel et al. 2024 wood wasp
PNRL 2716
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Lithoserix oublierus n. sp.9 Viertler 2024 ichneumon wasp
PNRL-SIG-216
 Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae
? Lethe corbieri n. sp. Nel et al. 1993 browns
 Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
Paleonemia balmeae n. gen. n. sp.1
Paleonemia balmeae n. gen. n. sp.1 Claisse et al. 2019 thread-winged antlion
 Coleoptera - Histeridae
Hister cerestensis n. sp.2 Degallier et al. 2019 clown beetle
PNRL 1918
 Diptera - Asilidae
? Leptogaster cerestensis n. sp.4 Nel and Jouault 2022 grass fly
N139
 Diptera - Syrphidae
Oligopipiza quadriguttata n. gen. n. sp.7
Oligopipiza quadriguttata n. gen. n. sp.7 Nidergas et al. 2018 hover fly
RNGL-S01, S02-S15
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Penthetria nervisinuata8 Theobald 1937 march fly
RGL Cereste 192, 662
Bibio major8 Oustalet 1870 march fly
Dilophus cerestensis n. sp.5 Nel et al. 2022 march fly
PNRL 2243
Plecia livida8 Heer 1849 love bug
"About 80% of 2570 numbered specimens"
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Cerestenia pulchrapenna n. gen. n. sp.3
Cerestenia pulchrapenna n. gen. n. sp.3 Mayr 2000 buttonquail