Wainlode Cliff (Brodie collection): Rhaetian, United Kingdom
collected by Brodie
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Protomyrmeleontidae
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Protomyrmeleon anglicanus n. gen., n. sp.
Tillyard 1925
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Tillyard 1925 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BMNH I 10662 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattaria
- Caloblattinidae
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? Blattidae informal indet. 1
Latreille 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 8, fig 12 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Blattina liasina n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
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= Actinoblattula brodiei n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Handlirsch 1906 | |||||||||
| synonym of Caloblattina liasina | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Necrotrichoptera
- Necrotauliidae
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Necrotaulius stigmaticus n. sp.
Tillyard 1933
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Tillyard 1933 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Austaulius furcatus | ||||||||||
| BMNH I 11584 (locality given as W which probably means Wainlode) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Necrotaulius apicalis n. sp.
Tillyard 1933
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Tillyard 1933 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Austaulius furcatus | ||||||||||
| BMNH I 3081 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Necrotaulius sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Tillyard 1933 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH I 11153, I 11574 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Mecoptera
- Orthophlebiidae
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Orthophlebia liassica
(Mantell 1844)
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Tillyard 1933 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH I 11252, I 10763, I 478, I 10764, 32688, I 969, I 11152 | ||||||||||
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Orthophlebia communis n. sp.
Westwood 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Orthophlebia liassica | ||||||||||
| BMNH I 3554 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Orthophlebioides anglicus n. sp.
Handlirsch 1939
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Handlirsch 1939 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Orthophlebia anglica | ||||||||||
| BMNH J. 478 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Elaterophanes acutus n. sp.
Cockerell 1915
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Cockerell 1915 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Lacoe 3438 (USNM 61401) coll Brodie (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Elaterophanes socius
(Giebel 1856)
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Cockerell 1915 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Elaterophanes vetustus | ||||||||||
| USNM Lacoe 3441, 3434, 3439 (USNM 61400) coll Brodie (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Anhydrophilus brodiei
Handlirsch 1906
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Cockerell 1915 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| USNM Lacoe 3443-3446, 3470 coll Brodie (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Coleoptera informal indet. 1
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 6, fig 23 ("Buprestidae or Elateridae") (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Elater vanus n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Anepismus vanus | ||||||||||
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Coleoptera informal indet. 3
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 6, fig 26 ("Buprestidae or Elateridae") (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Elater redtenbacheri n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stenelytron redtenbacheri | ||||||||||
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Coleopteron sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Handlirsch 1906 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Coleoptera informal indet. 2
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 6, fig 25 ("Buprestidae or Elateridae") (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Elater angulatus n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mimelater angulatus | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Dysmorphoptilidae
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Hemiptera informal aff. Belostoma
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 10, fig 13 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Belostomum liasinum n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Dysmorphoptila liasina | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Hylicellidae
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Homopterites anglicus n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Handlirsch 1906 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Specimen of Belostoma in Brodie 1873 (p. 16) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Dermaptera
- Dermapteridae
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Homoptera informal indet. 1
Leach 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 8, fig 17 | ||||||||||
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= Akicera heeri n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
| recombined as Phanerogramma heeri | ||||||||||
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Homoptera informal indet. 2
Leach 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Specimen in pl 8, fig 18 | ||||||||||
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= Akicera frauenfeldi n. sp.
Giebel 1856
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Giebel 1856 | |||||||||
| synonym of Phanerogramma heeri | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.9° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° North, 0.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rhaetian | Other zone: | Avicula contorta |
| Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lias | ||||
| Local section: | Wainlode Cliff | Local bed: | Bone-bed | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Lias | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | current ripples,micaceous,pyritic,white lithified sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "a fissile, white, micaceous sandstone, sometimes acquiring a flinty hardness. The upper surface of the bed is ripple-marked..." | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: European epicontinental seaway | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Brodie |
Metadata
| Database number: | 115222 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-08-31 04:02:10 | Last modified: | 2019-03-23 14:13:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-31 04:02:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50041. | P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 37729 | T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 47505 | C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 35209 | A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 37201 | A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] | |
| 37357 | R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] | |
| 37317 | R. J. Tillyard. 1933. The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3:1-79 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |