Sainte Maime (Réserve Géologique du Lubéron coll.) (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (43.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Middle Oligocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, carbonaceous limestone

• Fish and presence of laminated sediments interpreted as deep-water, offshore assemblage. Manosque-Forcalquier basin.

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 184088: 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 conica Theobald 1937 love bug
Saint-Maime 23