Brunstatt, horizon d2: Early/Lower Oligocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Tipula informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Plecia informal sp. 1 Wiedemann 1823
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Plecia informal sp. 2 Wiedemann 1823
2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Plecia cf. rhenana (von Heyden and von Heyden 1865)
2 specimens
Plecia cf. grossa (von Heyden and von Heyden 1865)
2 specimens
    = Plecia luctuosa von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Theobald 1937
Plecia cf. stygia (von Heyden and von Heyden 1865)
1 specimen
And several others (2 measurements)
    = Plecia foersteri Theobald 1937
Theobald 1937
Plecia cf. pallida Oustalet 1870
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Plecia
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Empididae
? Empis macrophthalma Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Rhyparochromidae
Pachymerus dryadum Heer 1853
1 specimen
    = Aphanus contractus Theobald 1937
Theobald 1937
Pachymerus detectus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Heterogastridae
Heterogaster famosus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Heterogaster troglodytes Heer 1853
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
    = Heterogaster sundgoviensis Theobald 1937
Theobald 1937
? Lygaeus gracilentus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
    = Heterogaster cf. radobojanus Heer 1853
Theobald 1937
Insecta - Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
Eurygaster granulosus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Cydnus cf. haidingeri (Heer 1853)
1 specimen
original and current combination Cydnopsis haidingeri
(1 measurement)
Cydnus sp. Fabricius 1803
1 specimen
Cydnus parvus n. sp. Förster 1891
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Cydnus acriscutatus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Cydnus maximus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Cydnus brevicrassus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Cydnus cf. atavinus (Heer 1853)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Cydnus scutatus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
synonym of Cydnus armiger
(1 measurement)
Cydnus solutus Förster 1891
1 specimen
Brachypelta retrita n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Cydnus cf. brevicollis (Heer 1853)
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Eusarcoris cf. pinguis
2 specimens
original and current combination Eysarcoris
(1 measurement)
Eusarcoris cf. prodromus
2 specimens
original and current combination Eysarcoris
(2 measurements)
Eusarcoris humilis n. sp.
1 specimen
original and current combination Eysarcoris
(1 measurement)
Eusarcoris nuda n. sp.
1 specimen
original and current combination Eysarcoris
(1 measurement)
? Arma contusa n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
synonym of Eysarcoris mammillata
(1 measurement)
Pentatoma rigosum n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Pentatoma fatale n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Pentatoma venosum n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Pentatoma punctatum n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
    = Eurydema retrorsum Theobald 1937
Theobald 1937
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
Aphrophora pulchra n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Aphrophora antiqua n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
synonym of Aphrophora pulchra
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae
Blatta sundgaviensis n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chrysididae
Chrysis amoena n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Camponotus compactus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Camponotus miserabilis n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
synonym of Camponotus vehemens
(2 measurements)
Oecophylla praeclara n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Hypoclinea explicans n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
recombined as Dolichoderus explicans
(2 measurements)
Attopsis cf. longipennis Heer 1849
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
    = Solenopsis superba Förster 1891
Theobald 1937
Attopsis blanda n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
recombined as Solenopsis blanda
(1 measurement)
Attopsis acuta n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
synonym of Solenopsis blanda
(1 measurement)
Attopsis privata n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
recombined as Solenopsis privata
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Anchomenus bipunctatus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Trechus capito n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Amara procera n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Amara sinuata n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
replaced by Amara foersteri
(2 measurements)
Harpalus obtusus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Bembidium laevigatum n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Escheria convexa n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
recombined as Copelatus convexus
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Escheria dimidiata n. sp. Förster 1891
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Polyphaga
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Pseudocistela gracilis n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Meligethes detractus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
Chilocorus politus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
replaced by Chilocorus foersteri
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Anthribidae
Urodon cinctus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
recombined as Bruchela cincta
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Ceutorhynchus crassirostris n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Ceutorhynchus obliquus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Smicronyx antiquus n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Larinus longirostris n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Brentidae
Apion parvum n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Apionidae
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Haltica difficilis n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
recombined as Psylliodes difficilis
(2 measurements)
Agelasa sessilis n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Galerucella affinis n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
? Cerambycites sp. Deichmüller 1886
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Anthaxia beneckei n. sp. Förster 1891
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.1° North, 3.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lutz (1997) and Mai (1995) assign the age of Brunstatt and Kleinkems to the Lower Oligocene, but Mai (1995) also allocated Brunstatt to the Mammal Reference Level MP20 which corresponds to the Priabonian (37.2–33.9 Ma) in the latest part of the Eocene. Thus, the stratigraphical position of Brunstatt and Kleinkems seems to be close to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified marl
Environment:lacustrine - large Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Deposited on the shore of a very large shallow saline lake (with an area of several hundred square kilometres) with episodical intrusion of fresh water.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:121473
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-12-04 12:58:25 Last modified:2014-08-07 18:55:18
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-04 12:58:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
38738. B. Förster. 1891. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1:335-593 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

38999 N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]