Roua Valley, Dôme de Barrot (Permian of France)

Where: France (44.0° N, 6.8° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cians Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Roadian age suggested by paleomagnetism (Haldan et al., 2009).

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; lithified, red mudstone

• Likely a Variscan collapse extensional basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: R. Garrouste, S. Hugel, L. Jacquelin, P. Rostan, J. S. Steyer, L. Desutter-Grandcolas, and A. Nel. 2016. Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian. Nature Communications 7(13735):1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183427: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.12.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Permotettigoniidae
Permotettigonia gallica n. gen. n. sp.
Permotettigonia gallica n. gen. n. sp. Nel and Garrouste 2016 grasshopper
MNHN-LP-R 63853