Kassenberg near Mülheim, horizon 1 (Carboniferous of Germany)

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: Magerkohlenschichten Formation, Yeadonian (320.0 - 318.7 Ma)

• Horizon above Flöz Wasserbank (Hor. 1), Magerkohlenschichten, upper Namurian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Not stated

Primary reference: G. Keller. 1934. Stratigraphische und paläogeographische Untersuchungen an der Grenze Namur-Westfal Westdeutschlands und angrenzender Gebiete. Ein Beitrag zue Saumtiefenfrage. Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 162:1-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164687: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Metropatorites kassenbergensis n. gen. n. sp. Keller 1934 winged insect