Tranchée des Nigonnes, Saint-Éloy-les-Mines (Carboniferous of France)

Also known as Saint-Eloy-les-Mines

Where: France (46.2° N, 2.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 1.2° S, 15.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian B (301.5 - 301.0 Ma)

• Middle Stephanian (upper part)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Personal collection of L. Guillaume (Paris)

Primary reference: D. Laurentiaux. 1966. Stephanotermopsis nov. gen., protorthoptère nouveau du Stéphanien d'Auvergne et problème de l'origine des Termites. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 86:231-238 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229527: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.03.2023

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Protorthoptera - Stephanotermopsidae
Stephanotermopsis rodendorfi n. gen. n. sp. Laurentiaux 1966 winged insect
Guillaume 12