Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47.7° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN-7 mammal zone, Upper Oehningen beds Member (Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation), Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collected by von Seyfried
• Repository: ETH Zurich
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113689: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chironomus oeningensis n. sp.
Chironomus oeningensis n. sp. Heer 1849 non biting midge | |
Bibio pulchellus n. sp., Bibio fusiformis, Bibio moestus, Bibio brevis, "Protomyia jucunda" = Plecia jucunda, "Protomyia affinis n. sp." = Plecia jucunda
Bibio pulchellus n. sp. Heer 1849 march fly
Bibio fusiformis Heer 1849 march fly
Bibio moestus Heer 1849 march fly
"Protomyia jucunda" = Plecia jucunda Heer 1849 love bug
"Protomyia affinis n. sp." = Plecia jucunda Heer 1849 love bug | |
Asilus antiquus Heer 1849 robber fly | |
"Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaope, ""Agrion" aglaopheme n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaopheme
"Agrion (Agrion) aglaope n. sp." = Coenagrion aglaope Heer 1849 narrow-winged damselfly | |
"Libellula" calypso n. sp., "Libellula" melobasis n. sp.
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Pentatoma appendiculatum n. sp.2
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Syromastes seyfriedi n. sp.2
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Cephites fragilis n. sp., "Ponera ventrosa" = Poneropsis ventrosa, "Ponera fuliginosa" = Poneropsis fuliginosa, "Ponera longaeva n. sp." = Poneropsis longaeva, Imhoffia nigra, Formica pulchella n. sp., Formica procera, Formica gravida, Formica demersa, "Formica pinguicula" = Camponotus pinguiculus, "Formica lignitum" = Camponotites lignitus, "Formica heraclea" = Camponotites heracleus
Cephites fragilis n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
"Ponera ventrosa" = Poneropsis ventrosa Heer 1849 ant
"Ponera longaeva n. sp." = Poneropsis longaeva Heer 1849 ant
Imhoffia nigra Heer 1849 ant
Formica pulchella n. sp. Heer 1849 ant
Formica procera Heer 1849 ant
Formica gravida Heer 1849 ant
Formica demersa Heer 1849 ant
"Formica pinguicula" = Camponotus pinguiculus Heer 1849 ant ssp. oeningensis; three fragmentary and uncertain
"Formica lignitum" = Camponotites lignitus Germar 1837 ant
"Formica heraclea" = Camponotites heracleus Heer 1849 ant | |
"Tenthredo vetusta n. sp." = Taxonus vetustus
"Tenthredo vetusta n. sp." = Taxonus vetustus Heer 1849 wood wasp | |
"Cistela dominula n. sp." = Allecula dominula1
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Pristorhynchus ellipticus n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Ampedus seyfriedii n. sp." = Ampedus (Ampedus) seyfriedii1
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Capnodis antiqua1, Fuesslinia amoena n. gen. n. sp.1, "Ancylochira seyfriedii n. sp." = Buprestis seyfriedi1, "Ancylochira rusticana n. sp." = Buprestis rusticana1
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Byrrhus oeningensis n. sp.1
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"Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp." = Miotermes insignis
"Termes (Termopsis) insignis n. sp." = Miotermes insignis Heer 1849 termite | |
Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp.
Gomphocerus femoralis n. sp. Heer 1849 short-horned grasshopper |