Bois d'Asson (Réserve Géologique du Lubéron coll.) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Alpes-de-Haute, France (43.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Oligocéne, Stampien supérieur

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lithology not reported

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Réserve Géologique du Lubéron, Apt (provisionally stored at the MNHN)

Primary reference: A. Nel and J. Skartveit. 2012. Occurrence of the genus Hesperinus Walker (Diptera, Hesperinidae) in the Oligocene of France. Studia Dipterologica 18:85-89 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Hesperinus sp., Dilophus sp., Plecia maimensis, Plecia larguensis, Plecia assonensis, Plecia livida
Hesperinus sp. Walker 1848 march fly
BdA 66, 155
Dilophus sp. Meigen 1803 march fly
Bois d'Asson 43
Plecia maimensis Gentilini 1993 love bug
Bois d'Asson 3, 4, 24, 70, 85, 90, 122, 139, 176, 179
Plecia larguensis Gentilini 1993 love bug
Bois d'Asson 5, 7, 47
Plecia assonensis Gentilini 1993 love bug
Bois d'Asson 34, 81
Plecia livida Heer 1849 love bug