Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Rhaetian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata - Liassophlebiidae
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758
Brodie 1845 1 specimen
Specimen in pl 10, fig 8 (1 measurement)
    = Heterophlebia westwoodii n. sp. Hagen 1850
Hagen 1850
recombined as Liassophlebia westwoodi
Insecta - Odonata
Oryctothemis hageni n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906 1 specimen
No Horizon given specimen likely lost (1 measurement)
Insecta
Progonophlebia cromptoni n. sp. Zeuner 1959
Zeuner 1959 1 specimen
synonym of Progonophlebia woodwardi
NHM In 49297 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 2.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 1.0° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Insect Bed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: European epicontinental seaway
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:115404
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-09-01 15:40:13 Last modified:2014-06-21 16:08:00
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-01 15:40:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37357. R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

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]
50124 H. A. Hagen. 1850. Énumération des odonates fossiles d'Europe, in Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 6:356-364 [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]
37743 F. E. Zeuner. 1959. A new Liassic Dragonfly from Gloucestershire. Palaeontology 1(4):406-407 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]