Saarlouis Lebach ironstone nodules: Asselian - Sakmarian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Branchiopoda
Estheria obenaueri Guthorl 1931
Guthörl 1934
Estheria drummi Guthorl 1931
Guthörl 1934
Branchiopoda - Lioestheriidae
Estheria tenella (Bronn 1850)
Guthörl 1934
recombined as Pseudestheria tenella
Malacostraca - Anaspidacea - Uronectidae
Uronectes fimbriatus (Jordan 1847)
Guthörl 1934
Myriapoda
Julus brassii n. sp. Dohrn 1868
Dohrn 1868
recombined as Archiulus brassi
Myriapoda - Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
Carcinochelus anthracophilus n. gen., n. sp. Goldenberg 1877
Goldenberg 1877 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Arthropleura
BMNH I.3090 (Lebach according to Waterlot, 1934)
Insecta - Paoliida - Blattinopsidae
Fulgorina lebachensis n. sp. Goldenberg 1877
Goldenberg 1877 1 specimen
recombined as Alienus lebachensis
Insecta - Spiloblattinidae
Olethroblatta minuta n. sp. Guthorl 1930
Guthörl 1934 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Archimylacridae ingberti Handlirsch 1920
Guthörl 1934 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Archimylacridae
Naturhist. Ver. Bonn 45 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Phyloblattidae
Blattina gracilis n. sp. Goldenberg 1854
1 specimen
synonym of Phyloblatta flabellata
(1 measurement)
Blattina lebachensis n. sp. Goldenberg 1854
1 specimen
recombined as Anthracoblattina lebachensis
coll. Dr. Jordan (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49.3° North, 6.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° North, 18.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Key time interval:Asselian - Sakmarian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,nodular lithified "shale"
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: Saar-Nahe basin; Half-graben generated by extension on South Hunsruck bounding fault, but with some component of dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny. "Coal seams from this area are called "limnic coals" are were deposited in intra-continental lakes." (Per. Com. Jan-Michael Ilger)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:122606
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-03 19:45:46 Last modified:2013-12-03 21:17:18
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-03 19:45:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49286. F. Goldenberg. 1854. Die fossilen Insecten der Kohlenformation von Saarbrücken. Palaeontographica 4:17-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

87742 A. Dohrn. 1868. Julus brassii n. sp.: Ein Myriapode aus der Steinkohlenformation. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 25:335-336 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50816 F. Goldenberg. 1877. Fauna Saraepontana Fossilis. Die Fossilen Thiere aus der Steinkohlenformation von Saarbrücken, IItes Heft 1-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41866 P. Guthörl. 1934. Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes. Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt Berlin 164:1-219 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/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]
37755 S. H. Scudder. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]