La Sorme, Montceau-les-Mines (Carboniferous of France)

Where: France (46.7° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 16.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian B (301.5 - 301.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, concretionary, ferruginous mudstone

• This intramontane basin forms a 40-km-long, continuous band of Late Pennsylvanian deposits, bounded by two Variscan fault systems. Dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny.
• External moulds in clay ironstone nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion

Collection methods: Repository: Musée des Fossiles de "La Physiophile" at Montceau-les-Mines

Primary reference: J. Langiaux and H. Parriat. 1974. Fauna entomologique du bassin de Blanzy-Montceau. Revue Périodique de "La Physiophile" 81:62-74 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172760: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Cnemidolestodea - Cnemidolestidae
Amphiboliacridites joanesi n. gen. n. sp.
Amphiboliacridites joanesi n. gen. n. sp. Langiaux and Parriat 1974 winged insect
 Dicondylia - Spiloblattinidae
Sysciophlebia angusta n. sp.2
Sysciophlebia angusta n. sp.2 Langiaux and Parriat 1975 winged insect
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Archimylacridae indet.2
Archimylacridae indet.2 Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Soomylacris flexuosus n. sp.2
Soomylacris flexuosus n. sp.2 Langiaux and Parriat 1975 cockroach
 Blattodea - Gyroblattidae
Phylomylacris sp.2
Phylomylacris sp.2 Pruvost 1919 cockroach
 Paoliida -
? Protoblattiniella sp.2
? Protoblattiniella sp.2 Meunier 1912 winged insect
 Protelytroptera - Protelytridae
Blanzelytron vetteri n. gen. n. sp.1
Blanzelytron vetteri n. gen. n. sp.1 Langiaux and Parriat 1975 winged insect
 Palaeodictyoptera -
Delafondia granulata n. gen. n. sp.1
Delafondia granulata n. gen. n. sp.1 Langiaux and Parriat 1975 winged insect
1Langiaux and Parriat 1975; 2Langiaux and Parriat 1975