Rovereaz: Aquitanian, Switzerland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera
Saperda valdensis n. sp. Heer 1864
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Coleoptera
see common names

Geography
Country:Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.5° North, 6.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 4.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Probably from "Molasse Grise de Lausanne"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:terrestrial 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
Collection method comments: Repository: probably ETH, Zurich
Metadata
Database number:154954
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-03-23 20:51:34 Last modified:2014-08-09 11:10:19
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-23 20:51:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47508. O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]