Oeningen (von Seyfried collection): Sarmatian, Germany
collected by von Seyfried

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio pulchellus n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
Bibio brevis Heer 1849
1 specimen
Presumably in lot ETHZ Pl. I 856
Bibio moestus Heer 1849
1 specimen
Bibio fusiformis Heer 1849
2 specimens
Protomyia jucunda Heer 1849
2 specimens
recombined as Plecia jucunda
Protomyia affinis n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
synonym of Plecia jucunda
Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae
Asilus antiquus Heer 1849
1 specimen
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Chironomus oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Harpactor constrictus n. sp. Heer 1853
Heer 1853 1 specimen
lower quarry
Pirates oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1853
Heer 1853 1 specimen
recombined as Peirates oeningensis
lower quarry
Insecta - Hemiptera - Coreidae
Syromastes seyfriedi n. sp. Heer 1853
Heer 1853 1 specimen
lower quarry, with Formica primordialis
Insecta - Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatoma appendiculatum n. sp. Heer 1853
Heer 1853 1 specimen
lower quarry
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
Aphrophora spumarioides Heer 1853
Heer 1853 1 specimen
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Acrydiana
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Miotermes insignis
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae
Byrrhus oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Ampedus seyfriedii n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Ampedus (Ampedus) seyfriedii
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Capnodis antiqua Heer 1847
Heer 1847 2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Fuesslinia amoena n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Ancylochira seyfriedii n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Buprestis seyfriedi
(2 measurements)
Ancylochira rusticana n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Buprestis rusticana
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Pristorhynchus ellipticus n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Donacia palaemonis n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Clytra pandorae n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Chrysomela punctigera n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Clytus melancholicus n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Saperda nephele n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Eutetrapha nephele
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Cistela dominula n. sp. Heer 1847
Heer 1847 1 specimen
recombined as Allecula dominula
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Cephites fragilis n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Ponera longaeva n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Poneropsis longaeva
(2 measurements)
Ponera ventrosa Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Poneropsis ventrosa
(1 measurement)
Ponera fuliginosa Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Poneropsis fuliginosa
ssp. oeningensis (2 measurements)
Formica lignitum Germar 1837
3 specimens
recombined as Camponotites lignitus
Formica heraclea Heer 1849
2 specimens
recombined as Camponotites heracleus
(1 measurement)
Formica procera Heer 1849
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Formica demersa Heer 1849
2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Formica gravida Heer 1849
2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Formica pulchella n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Formica pinguicula Heer 1849
4 specimens
recombined as Camponotus pinguiculus
ssp. oeningensis; three fragmentary and uncertain (1 measurement)
Imhoffia nigra Heer 1849
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae
Tenthredo vetusta n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Taxonus vetustus
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata
"Libellula" melobasis n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Anisoptera
larva
"Libellula" calypso n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Anisoptera
larva
Insecta - Odonata - Coenagrionidae
Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Coenagrion aglaope
(2 measurements)
"Agrion" aglaopheme n. sp. Heer 1849
1 specimen
recombined as Coenagrion aglaopheme
larva
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Sarmatian Mammal zone: MN-7
Age range of interval:12.80000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Freshwater-Molasse Member:Upper Oehningen beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: "limestone" (Noble 1928)
Environment:crater lake Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "meromictic maar lake of approximately 1000 m in diameter and perhaps up to 100 m in depth" (Lutz, 1997). "Deposited in the Northern Alpine Foreland basin" (Uhl et al., 2006).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:von Seyfried
Collection method comments: Repository: ETH Zurich
Metadata
Database number:113689
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-04 09:16:18 Last modified:2024-02-03 10:18:14
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-04 09:16:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37344. O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

38897 O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39159 O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]
36944 F. E. Zeuner. 1943. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part IV Acrididae incertae sedis and Addendum to Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 11:359-383 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]