Neumark W zone I: Lutetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Eolampetis weigelti Pongrácz 1935
1 specimen
recombined as Lampetis weigelti
G 55/51 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 12.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.3° North, 7.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Oberkohle Local bed:I
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Neumark in the upper west coal from the funnel No. VIII and thus approximately contemporaneous with the charnel grounds of mine Cecilie
The coallayer is at the border of Cusien to Lutetian
Franzen & Haubold 1986: lower Middle Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:mire/swamp Tectonic setting:volcanic basin
Geology comments: Geiseltal comes from a swampy environment. Subsidence caused by dissolution of underlying salts and anhydrite ("volcanic basin" is the closest tectonic setting category).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:132589
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-08-22 16:27:16 Last modified:2014-08-06 21:41:03
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-22 16:27:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

42651. H. Haupt. 1956. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der eozänen Arthopodenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 18(128):1-89 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]