Forthampton (Brodie collection): Rhaetian, United Kingdom
collected by Brodie 1845

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata
Odonata indet. Fabricius 1793
Tillyard 1925 1 specimen
BMNH I 11198 a large dragonfly head
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Asilus ignotatus n. sp. Brodie 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Liassocicada ignotatus
NHM In 3539
Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae
Protogryllus grandis Zeuner 1937
Zeuner 1937 1 specimen
recombined as Protogryllus (Protogryllus) grandis
NHM I 10663(10643)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Haglidae
Chauliodes informal sp. 10 Latreille 1796
1 specimen
NHM I. 10508 (specimen in pl 8, fig 14) (1 measurement)
    = Hagla gracilis n. gen., n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Chauliodes informal sp. 6 Latreille 1796
1 specimen
NHM 11561/11206 (specimen in pl 8, fig 3)
    = Hagla deleta n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
synonym of Hagla gracilis
Insecta - Orthoptera
Gryllidae indet. (Laicharting 1781)
1 specimen
Specimen in pl 9, fig 2
    = Liadolocusta auscultans n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906
nomen dubium belonging to Ensifera
Insecta - Dermaptera - Dermapteridae
Phanerogramma heeri (Giebel 1856)
Kelly et al. 2018 2 specimens
NHMUK I.10961, 11559
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Holcoptera schlotheimi (Giebel 1856)
Kelly et al. 2017 1 specimen
NHMUK I.11551
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
1 specimen
Specimen in pl 7, fig 7 (1 measurement)
    = Chrysomela andraei n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
recombined as Chrysomelopsis andraei
Insecta - Coleoptera
Telephoridae indet.
1 specimen
Specimen in pl 6, fig 29 (1 measurement)
    = Telephorus haueri n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
recombined as Pseudotelephorus haueri
Gyrinus natans n. sp. Brodie 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Xenogyrinus natans
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Orthophlebia confusa n. sp. Willmann 1977
Willmann 1977 1 specimen
One of the O. liassica (originally O. communis) specimens
Orthophlebia pictipennis n. sp. Tillyard 1933
Tillyard 1933 1 specimen
BMNH I 11678 (1 measurement)
Orthophlebia liassica (Mantell 1844)
Tillyard 1933 2 specimens
BMNH I 10509, I 11684, I 10499
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 52.0° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 0.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian Other zone: Pseudomonotis
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Penarth Formation:Lilstock Member:Cotham
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: European epicontinental seaway
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:Brodie Collection dates:1845
Collection method comments: Collected by Reverend Brodie in the mid-1800s and purchased by British Museum in 1898.
Metadata
Database number:115223
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-31 04:14:42 Last modified:2022-06-17 23:42:33
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-31 04:14:42
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:

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]
63023 R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and P. Davidson. 2017. Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 128:659-674 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64875 R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2018. Earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Mesozoic of England and Australia, described from isolated tegmina, including the first species to be named from the Triassic. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:129-143 [M. Clapham/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]
37737 P. E. S. Whalley. 1983. A survey of Recent and fossil Cicadas (Insecta, Hemiptera-Homoptera) in Britain. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 37(3):139-147 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
49038 R. Willmann. 1977. Orthophlebia liassica (Mantell), O. communis (Westwod), O. westwoodi Handlirsch and O. confusa nom. nov. (Insecta, Mecoptera) - Lösung einer nomenklatorischen Verwirrung. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1977(5):303-306 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5179ETE 891F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 6(8):154-159 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
39932 F. E. Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera 1-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]