São Pedro da Cova, Poco Novo spoil heap (Carboniferous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (41.2° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian C (301.0 - 300.4 Ma)

• Lower Stephanian C

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, gray shale

• Douro-Beira trough. Pull-apart basin, controlled by the sinistral shear activity of the Douro-Beira Carboniferous Trough after the upper Westphalian D.
• Light gray shales, relatively compact, laminated

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: not stated, possibly Lisbon University

Primary reference: D. Laurentiaux and C. Teixeira. 1958. Ocorrência do género Metoedischia Mart. (insectos Protortópteros Saltadores) no Estefaniano do Baixo-Douro (Portugal). Revista da Faculdade de Ciências, C - Ciências Naturais 6:211-218 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172762: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.08.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Oedischiidae
Metoedischia lusitanica n. sp.
Metoedischia lusitanica n. sp. Laurentiaux and Teixeira 1958 grasshopper