Bruay-en-Artois, coal heap no 26: Westphalian C - Westphalian D, France
collected by P. Roques

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
Bruayaphis oudardi n. gen., n. sp. Nel et al. 2012
1 specimen
MNHN.F.33747 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae
Westphaloptilus gallicus n. gen., n. sp. Guan et al. 2016
Guan et al. 2016 1 specimen
Bruay F.5 BR27-28
Insecta
Archaeorthoptera indet. Béthoux and Nel 2002
Coty et al. 2014 1 specimen
Bruay 00058b
Bruaylogus magnificus n. gen., n. sp. Coty et al. 2014
Coty et al. 2014 1 specimen
Bruay 00058a (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Nord Pas de Calais
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 2.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.9° South, 12.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Westphalian C - Westphalian D
Age range of interval:314.60000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,black lithified "shale"
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Variscan foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN
Collectors:P. Roques
Collection method comments: Material ultimately to be deposited in the Musée Géologique Pierre Vetter, Decazeville, France
Metadata
Database number:153462
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-12-20 18:23:36 Last modified:2015-02-27 00:00:53
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-20 18:23:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49541. A. Nel, J. Prokop, P. Nel, P. Grandcolas, D. Y. Huang, P. Roques, E. Guilbert, O. Dostál, and J. Szwedo. 2012. Traits and evolution of wing venation pattern in paraneopteran insects. Journal of Morphology 273:480-506 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

54489 D. Coty, J. Háva, J. Prokop, P. Roques, and A. Nel. 2014. New archaeorthopteran insects from the Late Carboniferous of the Nord and Pas-de-Calais basins in northern France (Insecta: Cnemidolestodea, Panorthoptera). Zootaxa 3878:462-470 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
58143 Z. Y. Guan, J. Prokop, P. Roques, J. Lapeyrie, and A. Nel. 2016. Revision of the enigmatic insect family Anthracoptilidae enlightens the evolution of Palaeozoic stem-dictyopterans. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61:71-87 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]