Greith coal mine, Hohenrhone: Late/Upper Oligocene, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Elaterites amissus n. sp.
Heer 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Melolontha greithiana n. sp.
Heer 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Clytra greithiana | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Aphrophoridae
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Aphrophora molassica n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 7.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.6° North, 6.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl | ||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122212 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-12-19 12:01:05 | Last modified: | 2014-08-06 23:49:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-19 12:01:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38897. | O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |