PBDB Collection

Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.): Toarcian, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta - Hemiptera - Archijassidae

	Fulgoridium reductum n. sp. Handlirsch 1921	Ansorge 1996	1 specimen
	synonym of Mesoledra pachyneura
	MBI 64 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

	Protogryllus musicus n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Ansorge 1996	1 specimen
	synonym of Protogryllus (Protogryllus) dobbertinensis
	MBI 58.1 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

	Elcana basalis n. sp. Handlirsch 1906	Handlirsch 1906	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium media

	Elcana minima n. sp. Handlirsch 1906		22 specimens
	recombined as Panorpidium minima
	MBI 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 26.2, 26.3ab, 55.9ab, 55.16, 55.21, 55.221b, 55.23, 55.29, 55.30, 55.32ab, 55.36, 55.38, 55.39, 55.40, 55.41, 55.42, 55.44, 55.45, 59.1a (6 measurements)

	Elcana lugubris n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 52.1 (1 measurement)

	Elcana agilis n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 47.1ab (1 measurement)

	Elcana longicosta n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 48.1 (1 measurement)

	Elcana brunsvicensis n. sp. Handlirsch 1939		1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 36B (1 measurement)

	Elcana modesta n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 46.1 (1 measurement)

	Elcana gracilis n. sp. Handlirsch 1906		1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 22.1ab (1 measurement)

	Elcana pygmaea n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 51.1 (1 measurement)

	Elcana angustipennis n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 45.1 (1 measurement)

	Elcana dobbertiniana n. sp. Handlirsch 1906		1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 26.1ab (1 measurement)

	Elcana grasseliana Handlirsch 1939		1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima
	MBI 3ab (1 measurement)

	Elcana magna n. sp. Handlirsch 1906		1 specimen
	recombined as Panorpidium magna
	MBI 6.1ab (1 measurement)

	Elcana gravida n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium magna
	MBI 54.1 (1 measurement)

	Elcana acuta n. sp. Handlirsch 1939		1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium geinitzi
	MBI 37.2 (1 measurement)

	Elcana saltans n. sp. Handlirsch 1906	Handlirsch 1906	2 specimens
	synonym of Panorpidium geinitzi
	MBI 11.1, 11.2ab (2 measurements)

	Elcana orchestes n. sp. Handlirsch 1906	Handlirsch 1906	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium geinitzi
	Pl XXXIX fig 36

	Parelcana platyptera n. sp. Handlirsch 1939	Handlirsch 1939	1 specimen
	synonym of Parelcana tenuis
	MBI 57.1ab (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany
Coordinates:	53.6° North, 12.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.2° North, 19.5° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Jurassic	Epoch:	Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:	Toarcian	10 m.y. bin:	Jurassic 3
Key time interval:	Toarcian	Ammonoid zone:	Harpoceras falciferum
Age range of interval:	184.20000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	concretionary lithified claystone
Environment:	offshore indet.	Tectonic setting:	passive margin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	mold/impression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens kept in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Metadata

Database number:	114990
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-08-26 11:42:18	Last modified:	2014-07-17 16:39:03
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-08-26 11:42:18
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

35779.

W. Zessin. 1987. Variabilität, Merkmalswandel und Phylogenie der Elcanidae im Jungpaläozoikum und Mesozoikum und die Phylogenie der Ensifera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 34(1-3):1-76 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

40666		J. Ansorge. 1996. Insekten aus dem oberen Lias von Grimmen (Vorpommern, Norddeutschland). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 2:1-132 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
50037		F. E. Geinitz. 1880. Der Jura von Dobbertin in Mecklenburg und seine Versteinerungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 32:510-535 [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]
37201		A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
37736		Y. A. Popov. 1992. Jurassic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 94:7-14 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
39634		Y.u. A. Popov and D. E. Shcherbakov. 1991. Mesozoic Peloridioidea and their ancestors (Insecta: Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha). Geologica et Palaeontologica 25:215-235 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
40806		S. H. Scudder. 1885. Notes on Mesozoic Cockroaches. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37:105-115 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
37744		F. E. Zeuner. 1942. The Locustopsidae and the phylogeny of the Acridodea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 11:1-18 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]