Alderton Hill (Brodie collection): Falciferum, United Kingdom
collected by P.B. Brodie
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Liassogomphidae
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Gomphites brodiei n. gen., n. sp.
(Brodie 1845)
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Tillyard 1925 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Heterothemis brodiei | ||||||||||
| BMNH I 3552, I 11288 Both from Brodie Coll (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Heterophlebiidae
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Libellula (Heterophlebia) dislocata n. sp.
Westwood 1849
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Brodie 1849 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Heterophlebia buckmani | ||||||||||
| BMNH I 3988 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
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Neuroptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brodie 1845 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Specimen in pl 8, fig 10 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Margaroptilon brodiei n. sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Handlirsch 1906 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattaria
- Raphidiomimidae
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Mesoblattina blakei n. sp.
Scudder 1886
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Scudder 1886 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Liadoblattina blakei | ||||||||||
| NHM I.3574 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Necrotrichoptera
- Necrotauliidae
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Necrotaulius pygmaeus n. sp.
Tillyard 1933
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Tillyard 1933 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Necrotaulius parvulus | ||||||||||
| BMNH I.15014 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Mecoptera
- Bittacidae
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Protobittacus handlirschi n. sp.
Tillyard 1933
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Tillyard 1933 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BMNH I.11406 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Neuroptera
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Archeosmylus alysius
Whalley 1988
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Neuroptera | ||||||||||
| BMNH I.11281 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Prohemerobiidae
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Prohemerobius aldertonensis n. sp.
Whalley 1988
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Whalley 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NHM I.11304 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Pterinoblattina intermixta n. sp.
Scudder 1885
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Scudder 1885 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Actinophlebia intermixta | ||||||||||
| NHM I.3577 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Pterinoblattina curtisii n. sp.
Scudder 1886
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Whalley 1988 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Paractinophlebia curtisii | ||||||||||
| NHM I.3585 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Limoniidae
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Liassotipula anglicana n. gen., n. sp.
Tillyard 1933
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Tillyard 1933 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Architipula anglicana | ||||||||||
| BMNH I.11298, I 11272 all from Brodie, 1898 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 7.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Falciferum | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 182.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Whitby Mudstone | Member: | Dumbleton | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From the Fish Bed. Cleviceras exaratum Subzone, lower Harpoceras falciferum Zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular lithified "limestone" | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | P.B. Brodie |
Metadata
| Database number: | 154307 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-02-08 19:37:02 | Last modified: | 2024-04-20 10:17:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-02-08 19:37:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50129. | J. Buckman. 1843. On the occurrence of the remains of insects in the Upper Lias of the county of Gloucester. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 4:211-212 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 49702 | P. B. Brodie. 1849. Notice on the discovery of a dragon-fly and a new species of Leptolepis in the upper Lias near Cheltenham, with a few remarks on that formation in Gloucestershire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 5:31-37 [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] | |
| 43005 | S. H. Scudder. 1886. A review of Mesozoic cockroaches. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:439-484 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |