Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.3° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 7.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• "In addition, radiometric dates for the lavas above and below the Leaf Beds reveal an age of around 58 Ma (Evans, 1969; Mussett et al., 1973, 1980)."
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; claystone and silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by A.C. Seward; reposited in the SM
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Some British fossil insects. The Canadian Entomologist 53:22-23 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162205: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Carabites scoticus n. sp.
Carabites scoticus n. sp. Cockerell 1921 ground beetle |