Plötz bei Halle (Halle Museum collection) (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51.6° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wettiner Schichten Formation, Stephanian C (303.4 - 301.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments and coal

• Saale basin; extensional basin formed during transtension within Variscan belt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Museum of Halle

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167769: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta callosa n. sp., "Phyloblatta venusta n. sp." = Phyloblatta flabellata
Phyloblatta callosa n. sp. Schlechtendal 1906 winged insect
"Phyloblatta venusta n. sp." = Phyloblatta flabellata Germar 1842 winged insect