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 | |
Metropatorites kassenbergensis n. gen. n. sp.
Metropatorites kassenbergensis n. gen. n. sp. Keller 1934 winged insect |