Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.3° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 15.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
• "Collecting places of insects are the clay stone layers above Seam Zweibänke and Seam Dreibänke." Brauckmann & Herd, 2002
Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Museum Wuppertal
Primary reference: C. Brauckmann. 1991. Ein neuer Insekten-Rest (Megasecoptera) aus dem Ober-Karbon von Osnabrück. Osnabrücker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 17:25-32 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172341: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Aspidothorax aestatis n. sp." = Alexahymen aestatis
"Aspidothorax aestatis n. sp." = Alexahymen aestatis Brauckmann 1991 winged insect Museum Wuppertal Coll. G. Sommer
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