Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (IGR collection) (Miocene of France)

Where: Ardèche, France (44.7° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified diatomite and volcaniclastic

• diatomites volcano-sedimentaires

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Department and Museum of the University of Rennes, France (IGR)

Primary reference: A. Nel, R. M. Sammut, M. C. Wei, G. Y. Niu, and C. Jouault. 2022. The first fossil representatives of the sawfly genera Emphytus and Empria from the upper Miocene of France (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Insects 13(218) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224363: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Emphytus miocenicus n. sp.
Emphytus miocenicus n. sp. Nel et al. 2022 wood wasp
IGR-PAL-2859