Oeningen (Lacoe collection): Sarmatian, Germany
collected by Lacoe
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Tettigoniidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| Lacoe 6861 | ||||||||||
| Zeuner 1939 | ||||||||||
| 64 specimens | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Acrididae
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Acridium oeningense n. sp.
Scudder 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lacoe 6844 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Tabanidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| Lacoe 7056 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Necromyza pedata n. gen., n. sp.
Scudder 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lacoe 6893 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Calosoma heeri n. sp.
Scudder 1895
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Lacoe 4873, 4878 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Sieblosiidae
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 8.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.5° North, 10.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | 12.8 - 11.63 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: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Lacoe |
Metadata
| Database number: | 113830 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-08-05 16:23:44 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-05 16:23:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48857. | S. H. Scudder. 1895. The Miocene insect-fauna of Oeningen, Baden. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 2:116-122 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 39932 | F. E. Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera 1-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 36964 | F. E. Zeuner. 1941. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part I, Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 8:510-522 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] |