Dauphin (Réserve Géologique du Lubéron coll.) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Alpes-de-Haute, France (43.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Oligocéne, Stampien supérieur

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lithology not reported

• Apt basin. Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Réserve Géologique du Lubéron, Apt (provisionally stored at the MNHN)

Primary reference: J. Skartveit and A. Nel. 2017. Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits. Zootaxa 4225:1-83 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184087: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia conica, Plecia assonensis, Plecia maimensis, Plecia larguensis
Plecia conica Theobald 1937 love bug
Dauphin 12
Plecia assonensis Gentilini 1993 love bug
Dauphin 33
Plecia maimensis Gentilini 1993 love bug
Dauphin 1, 2, 28, 132, 144, 176
Plecia larguensis Gentilini 1993 love bug
Dauphin 30, 182