Alderton Hill (Slatter collection): Falciferum, United Kingdom
collected by Slatter

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Mesotipula slatteri Kopeć 2018
Kopeć 2018 1 specimen
recombined as Mesotipula (Mesotipula) slatteri
BMNH I.3320
Grimmenia tillyardi n. sp. Kopeć et al. 2017
Kopeć et al. 2017 1 specimen
NHM I.3328 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleopteron sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
Insecta - Neuroptera
Archeosmylus complexus Whalley 1988
Whalley 1988 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Neuroptera
NHM I.3315 (Slatter coll)
Archeosmylus alysius n. sp. Whalley 1988
Whalley 1988 6 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Neuroptera
NHM I.3318 (Slatter coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Heterophlebiidae
Heterophlebia buckmani (Brodie 1845)
Tillyard 1925 1 specimen
NHM I.3317 (Slatter coll)
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: 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:Slatter
Metadata
Database number:115219
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-31 03:43:45 Last modified:2024-04-20 11:16:43
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-31 03:43:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37317. R. J. Tillyard. 1933. The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3:1-79 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

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]
65058 K. Kopeć. 2018. A new species of Mesotipula (Limoniidae, Diptera) from the Lower Jurassic of England. Annales Zoologici 68:93-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
62119 K. Kopeć, W. Krzemiński, K. Skowron and R. Coram. 2017. The genera Architipula Handlirsch, 1906 and Grimmenia Krzemiński and Zessin, 1990 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Lower Jurassic of England. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(1.15A):1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37357 R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
37738 P. E. S. Whalley. 1988. Mesozoic Neuroptera and Raphidioptera (Insecta) in Britain. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(1):45-63 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]