Lehmhagen, near Grimmen (Zessin collection): Early/Lower Toarcian, Germany
collected by Zessin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Mesotipula siggiae n. sp. Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
Krzemiński and Zessin 1990 1 specimen
recombined as Mesotipula (Mesotipula) siggiae
LG 440/1(2) (1 measurement)
Mesotipula mirabilis n. sp. Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
Krzemiński and Zessin 1990 5 specimens
recombined as Mesotipula (Mesotipula) mirabilis
LG 330, 90, 392, 427/2, 450/6 (1 measurement)
Mesotipula cf. vicina (Handlirsch 1939)
Krzemiński and Zessin 1990 2 specimens
recombined as Mesotipula (Mesotipula) vicina
LG 450/1, 3
Architipula (Grimmenia) prima n. sp. Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
Krzemiński and Zessin 1990 1 specimen
recombined as Grimmenia prima
LG 202 (1 measurement)
Architipula (Grimmenia) secunda n. sp. Krzemiński and Zessin 1990
Krzemiński and Zessin 1990 1 specimen
recombined as Grimmenia secunda
LG 371/1(2) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Elcana geinitzi (Heer 1880)
Zessin 1987 1 specimen
recombined as Panorpidium geinitzi
LG 157
Elcana minima Handlirsch 1906
Zessin 1987 1 specimen
recombined as Panorpidium minima
LG 448/1/2
Elcana magna Handlirsch 1906
Zessin 1987 2 specimens
recombined as Panorpidium magna
LG 89, 342/1/2 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Locustopsis sippeli n. sp. Zessin 1983
1 specimen
LG 394/1(2) (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern County:Röstock
Coordinates: 54.1° North, 13.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 18.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian Zone: Dactylioceras tenuicostatum
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: unnamed "bituminous shale bed" equivalent to Posidonian Shale (Posidonienschiefer); Lias epsilon level = lowest Toarcian; also lower part of Harpoceras falcifer Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous "shale"
Lithology description: bituminous shale ("bituminösen Schiefer")
Environment:offshore indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MfN
Collectors:Zessin
Metadata
Database number:114992
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-26 14:29:05 Last modified:2014-07-17 16:39:54
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-26 14:29:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49526. W. Zessin. 1983. Revision der mesozoischen Familie Locustopsidae unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde (Orthopteroida, Caelifera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30:173-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

49534 W. Krzemiński and W. Zessin. 1990. The Lower Jurassic Limoniidae from Grimmen (GDR) (Dipt. Nematocera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 37:39-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35779 W. Zessin. 1987. Variabilität, Merkmalswandel und Phylogenie der Elcanidae im Jungpaläozoikum und Mesozoikum und die Phylogenie der Ensifera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 34(1-3):1-76 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]
52427 W. Zessin. 1988. Neue Saltatoria (Insecta) aus dem Oberlias Mitteleuropas. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 419:107-121 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]