Klein Lehmhagen pit, Grimmen (LGA collection): Early/Lower Toarcian, Germany
collected by Ansorge

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Eoblattida - Blattogryllidae
Griphopteron molle Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 850 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Nannotanyderus krzeminskii n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1994
Ansorge 1994 2 specimens
LGA 1145, 544 (2 measurements)
Nannotanyderus grimmenensis n. sp. Ansorge and Krzemiński 2002
Ansorge and Krzemiński 2002 1 specimen
LGA 2222 (1 measurement)
Liassopsychodina pommerana n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1994
Ansorge 1994 2 specimens
LGA 457, 752 (1 measurement)
Tanypsycha connexa n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1994
Ansorge 1994 1 specimen
LGA 1233 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Eoptychoptera liasina (Handlirsch 1906)
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
synonym of Eoptychoptera simplex
LGA 1368 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Aenne liasina n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1999
Ansorge 1999 4 specimens
LGA 1474, 1486, 1894, 1956 (3 measurements)
Podonominae indet. Thienemann and Edwards 1837
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1003 (2 measurements)
? Podonomius tumidus n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1034 (2 measurements)
? Oryctochlus toarciensis n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 835 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Trichoceridae indet. Kertész 1902
Krzemińska et al. 2009 1 specimen
LGA 1900
Mailotrichocera mikereichi Krzemińska et al. 2009
Krzemińska et al. 2009 2 specimens
LGA 79, 2005 (1 measurement)
Mailotrichocera zessini n. sp. Krzemińska et al. 2009
Krzemińska et al. 2009 1 specimen
LGA 611 (1 measurement)
Mailotrichocera variabilis Krzemińska et al. 2009
Krzemińska et al. 2009 5 specimens
LGA 288, 681, 1100, 1163, 2309 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Heterorhyphidae
Heterorhyphus triangularis n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 380 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Mesorhyphus zirzipanus n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 579 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Antefungivoridae
Archibio mycetophilinus Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
LGA 214, 840, 988 (2 measurements)
Antefungivora germanica n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 394 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Pleciofungivoridae
Pleciofungivora liassica n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1045 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Protorhyphidae
Protorhyphus simplex (Geinitz 1888)
Ansorge 1996 7 specimens
LGA 533, 571, 744, 998, 1002, 1007, 1294 (2 measurements)
Archirhyphus geinitzi Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 999 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera
Asilomorpha informal sp 1
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 690 (1 measurement)
Asilomorpha informal sp 2
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 429 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Grimmyia baltica n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 950 (1 measurement)
Palaeobrachyceron willmanni n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 269 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Eoditomyidae
Eoditomyia primitiva n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 1305, 836 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae
Protoplecia liasina (Geinitz 1884)
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1180 (1 measurement)
Protoplecia klafacki n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 892, 924 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera
Archipleciomima sp. Rohdendorf 1962
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1203 (1 measurement)
Archipleciomima germanica n. sp. Krzemiński and Ansorge 2018
Kopeć et al. 2018 3 specimens
LGA 1550, 1803, 2282
Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Rhaetomyia herrigi n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1189 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattulidae
Blattula langfeldti (Geinitz 1880)
Vršanský and Ansorge 2007 29 specimens
LGA 86, 96, 27, 331/1(2), 380, 425, 579, 594, 888, 893, 1077, 1201, 1275, 1372, 1529, 1578, 1739, 1820, 2169, 13, 118, 154, 880, 1328, 1435, 1519, 1842, 1887, 1926, 2006, 2015, 2196, 2356, 888, 1820
Blattula dubia (Handlirsch 1939)
Vršanský and Ansorge 2007 1 specimen
LGA 1725
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Mesoblattina protypa (Geinitz 1880)
Vršanský and Ansorge 2007 2 specimens
LGA 1320, 1942
Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlariopseidae
Perlariopseidae indet. Sinitshenkova 1985
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 777
Dicronemoura furcata n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1278 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Aerophasmidae
Durnovaria cf. parallela Whalley 1985
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 1086, 1323 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Locustopsis informal sp 1
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1272 (1 measurement)
Locustopsis informal sp 2
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1144 (1 measurement)
Locustopsis informal sp 3
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1309 (1 measurement)
Locustopsis gyra Zessin 1983
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 390 (1 measurement)
Locustopsis kruegeri Zessin 1983
Zessin 1988 1 specimen
recombined as Plesioschwinzia kruegeri
LGA 100
Locustopsis bernstorffi (Geinitz 1880)
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
recombined as Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi
LGA 100, 296 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Regiatidae
Protochaeta lanceolata (Handlirsch 1939)
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 235 (1 measurement)
Protochaeta masculina Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 11 specimens
LGA 113, 304, 324, 497, 597, 686, 780, 937, 940, 1114, 1280 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae
Protogryllus sp. Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 13 specimens
LGA 32, 51, 358, 406, 511, 604, 766, 887, 889, 1040, 1172, 1196, 1238 (1 measurement)
Protogryllus dobbertinensis (Geinitz 1880)
Ansorge 1996 11 specimens
recombined as Protogryllus (Protogryllus) dobbertinensis
LGA 94, 244, 324, 395, 813, 818, 865, 932, 1113, 1136, 1267 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Elcana minima Handlirsch 1906
1 specimen
recombined as Panorpidium minima
LGA 61/1/2
Elcana geinitzi (Heer 1880)
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
recombined as Panorpidium geinitzi
LGA 445 (4 measurements)
Elcana media Handlirsch 1906
4 specimens
recombined as Panorpidium media
LGA 4/1/2, 58/1/2, 63, 402/1/2
Elcana magna Handlirsch 1906
2 specimens
recombined as Panorpidium magna
LGA 34/1/2, 62 (2 measurements)
Parelcana tenuis Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 487, 1351 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Bajanzhargalanidae
Nele jurassica n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 4 specimens
LGA 1310, 1111, 211, 977 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Ansorge 2003 1 specimen
LGA 1230
Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae
Liassodites obsti n. gen., n. sp. Kirejtshuk and Ansorge 2022
Kirejtshuk and Ansorge 2022 1 specimen
LGA 2850 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Prohemerobiidae
Actinophlebia sp. Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 1080, 324 (2 measurements)
Sibithone prodroma (Handlirsch 1906)
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
original and current combination Prohemerobius prodromus
LGA 1001, 607, 452 (1 measurement)
Prohemerobius latus Handlirsch 1920
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 124 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Polyosmylus excelsus n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 1033, 540 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Mesosmylina falciferum n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
corrected as Mesosmylina falcifera
LGA 1295 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Mesotrichopteridium intermedium (Handlirsch 1906)
Ansorge 2002 8 specimens
LGA 348, 533, 675, 789, 830, 874, 784, 1425 (4 measurements)
Necrotaulius parvulus (Geinitz 1884)
Ansorge 2002 65 specimens
(11 measurements)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
Liadotaulius maior (Handlirsch 1906)
Ansorge 2002 13 specimens
LGA 290, 458, 626, 649, 1995, 2040, 2188, 220, 1198, 1710, 672, 713, 934 (10 measurements)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Eolepidopterigidae
Lepidoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 968
    = ? Eolepidopterigidae indet. Rasnitsyn 1983
Zhang et al. 2018
Micropterygidae indet. (Cotes 1889)
Ansorge 2003 1 specimen
LGA 1500
    = ? Eolepidopterigidae indet. Rasnitsyn 1983
Zhang et al. 2018
? Eolepidopterigidae indet. Rasnitsyn 1983
Zhang et al. 2018 1 specimen
LGA 2150
Insecta - Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae
Pseudopolycentropus sp. Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 769, 993
Pseudopolycentropus triangularis Handlirsch 1920
Ansorge 1996 6 specimens
LGA 636, 925, 20, 738, 795, 1151 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebia cf. elongata Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 737 (1 measurement)
Orthophlebia germanica Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 811, 1362 (2 measurements)
Orthophlebia brunsvicensis Bode 1905
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 790 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Cimbrophlebiidae
Cimbrophlebiidae indet. Willmann 1977
Ansorge 2003 1 specimen
LGA 1608
Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Bittacidae indet. Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 500 (1 measurement)
Mesobittacus minutus Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 4 specimens
LGA 133, 876, 1269, 1298 (2 measurements)
Neorthophlebia maculipennis Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1369 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Karatavitidae
Grimmaratavites mirabilis n. gen., n. sp. Rasnitsyn et al. 2006
Rasnitsyn et al. 2006 1 specimen
LGA 2510 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Liadopsyllidae
Liadopsylla obtusa n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 731 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Protopsyllidiidae
Aphidulum ciliatum n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
LGA 264, 641, 931 (1 measurement)
Toarcopsyllidium ernsti n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1185 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae
Grimmenaphis magnifica n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 1313, 903 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Archiconiopterygidae
Archiconiopteryx liasina (Handlirsch 1906)
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
LGA 620, 666, 747 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera
Heteroptera indet. Latreille 1810
Ansorge 2003 1 specimen
LGA 936
Insecta - Hemiptera - Archijassidae
Archijassidae indet. Becker-Migdisova 1962
Ansorge 1996 4 specimens
LGA 240, 380, 384, 701
Archijassus heeri (Geinitz 1880)
Ansorge 1996 8 specimens
LGA 505, 640, 757, 1204, 1288, 1340, 1300, 108 (2 measurements)
Mesoledra pachyneura (Handlirsch 1939)
Ansorge 1996 7 specimens
LGA 138, 206, 742, 1050, 1086, 1299, 927 (1 measurement)
Ardela grimmenensis n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 10 specimens
LGA 1348, 673, 856, 1104, 1216, 505, 350, 1325, 163, 266 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Hylicellidae
Liassocercopis schnicki n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 814 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Procercopidae
Procercopidae indet. Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 676 (1 measurement)
Procercopina frenzeli n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 565, 380 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridiidae
Fulgoridium informal sp 1
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 820 (1 measurement)
Fulgoridium informal sp 2
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 123 (1 measurement)
Fulgoridium sp. Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
LGA 569, 749, 1183
Insecta - Hemiptera
Fulgoridulum egens Handlirsch 1939
Ansorge 1996 18 specimens
LGA 70, 89, 198, 714, 1313, 876, 1206, 628, 893, 1349, 920, 899, 896, 893, 1303, 920, 896, 1313 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Lophioneurida - Lophioneuridae
Undacypha europaea n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 17 specimens
LGA 233, 223, 292, 378, 490, 645, 746, 871, 883, 967, 983, 1274, 1333, 1342, 1339, 1364, 1365 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Permopsocida - Psocidiidae
Liassopsocus lanceolatus n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 2 specimens
LGA 1246, 997 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Permopsocida - Archipsyllidae
Archipsylla primitiva Handlirsch 1906
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1229
Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae
Liassogomphidae informal indet. 1 Tillyard 1935
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 922
Liassogomphidae informal indet. 2 Tillyard 1935
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 349
Insecta - Odonata - Liassophlebiidae
Grimmenopteron elegantulum n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 345 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
Trigonophlebia zessini n. gen., n. sp. Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 739 (1 measurement)
Heterophlebia buckmani (Brodie 1845)
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 46 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Asiopteridae
Oreopteridae indet. Pritykina 1968
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
synonym of Asiopteridae
LGA 250, 712, 1358 (1 measurement)
Sphenophlebia pommerana Ansorge 1996
Ansorge 1996 3 specimens
recombined as Turanopteron pommerana
LGA 480, 510, 1197 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Protomyrmeleontidae
Protomyrmeleon brunonis Geinitz 1888
Ansorge 1996 4 specimens
LGA 621, 815, 988, 1000 (3 measurements)
Zirzipanagrion quadriordinum n. gen., n. sp. Zessin 1991
Zessin 1991 1 specimen
recombined as Protomyrmeleon quadriordinum
LGA 162/1 (1 measurement)
Obotritagrion tenuiformum Zessin 1991
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 876 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera
Ephemeroptera indet. Hyatt and Arms 1890
Ansorge 1996 1 specimen
LGA 1502
Arachnida - Araneae
Seppo koponeni n. gen., n. sp. Selden and Dunlop 2014
Selden and Dunlop 2014 1 specimen
MB.A 2966
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 political unit
Altitude:8 meters
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: lithified 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,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MfN
Collectors:Ansorge
Metadata
Database number:114993
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-26 14:31:37 Last modified:2023-05-27 16:04:08
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-26 14:31:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

39822 J. Ansorge. 1994. Tanyderidae and Psychodidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Lower Jurassic of northeastern Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 68:199-210 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40666 J. Ansorge. 1996. Insekten aus dem oberen Lias von Grimmen (Vorpommern, Norddeutschland). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 2:1-132 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
48324 J. Ansorge. 1999. Aenne liasina gen. et sp. n. - the most primitive non biting midge (Diptera: Chironomidae: Aenninae subfam. n.) - from the Lower Jurassic of Germany. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 68:431-443 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48326 J. Ansorge. 2002. Revision of the "Trichoptera" described by Geinitz and Handlirsch from the Lower Toarcian of Dobbertin (Germany) based on new material. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Trichoptera - Nova Supplementa Entomologica 15:55-74 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48323 J. Ansorge. 2003. Insects from the Lower Toarcian of middle Europe and England. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):291-310 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51695 J. Ansorge and W. Krzemiński. 2002. Lower Jurassic tanyderids (Diptera: Tanyderidae) from Germany. Studia Dipterologica 9:21-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84824 A. G. Kirejtshuk and J. Ansorge. 2022. An extraordinarily preserved new genus and species of Trachypachidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Early Jurassic of Germany and a review of fossil trachypachid genera. Historical Biology 35:958-975 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64881 K. Kopeć, A. Soszyńska-Maj, A. Gehler, J. Ansorge, and W. Krzemiński. 2018. Mecoptera and Diptera from the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) deposits of Wolfsburg – Große Kley (Lower Saxony, Germany). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:163-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51817 E. Krzemińska, W. Krzemiński, and C. Dahl. 2009. Monograph of Fossil Trichoceridae (Diptera): Over 180 Million Years of Evolution 1-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40045 A. P. Rasnitsyn, J. Ansorge, and H. C. Zhang. 2006. Ancestry of the orussoid wasps, with description of three new genera and species of Karatavitidae (Hymenoptera = Vespida: Karatavitoidea stat. nov.). Insect Systematics & Evolution 37:179-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53833 P. A. Selden and J. A. Dunlop. 2014. The first fossil spider (Araneae: Palpimanoidea) from the Lower Jurassic (Grimmen, Germany). Zootaxa 3894:161-168 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37861 P. Vršanský and J. Ansorge. 2007. Lower Jurassic cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria ) from Germany and England. African Invertebrates 48(1):103-126 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
52427 W. Zessin. 1988. Neue Saltatoria (Insecta) aus dem Oberlias Mitteleuropas. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 419:107-121 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39401 W. Zessin. 1991. Die Phylogenie der Protomyrmeleontidae unter einbeziehung neuer Oberliassischer funde (Odonata: Archizygoptera sens. nov.). Odonatologica 20(1):97-126 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
65500 Q. Q. Zhang, W. Mey, J. Ansorge, T. A. Starkey, L. T. McDonald, M. E. McNamara, E. A. Jarzembowski, W. Wichard, R. Kelly, X. Y. Ren, J. Chen, H. C. Zhang, and B. Wang. 2018. Fossil scales illuminate the early evolution of lepidopterans and structural colors. Science Advances 4:e1700988 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]