PBDB Collection

La Rinconada, Ribesalbes (MNCNI collection) (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Castellon, Spain (40.0° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 1.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, carbonaceous shale

• Eastern Iberian rift system. From the late Oligocene and during the Neogene both strike-slip and extensional regimes alternated and coexisted, giving rise to a number of fault-bounded basins. Deep lacustrine sequences ranging from 100 up to 250 m thick were deposited in all the above mentioned basins. The organic-rich sequences are characterized by thin lamination, absence of bioturbation, rare benthonic fauna (if present, it is supplied from other parts of the basin) and excellent preservation of "exotic" fossils (plant leaves, insects, amphibians). The suitable depth conditions needed for permanent stratification in the water bodies and anoxia in the deeper parts of the lakes, were due essentially to increasing subsidence outstripping deposition.

• Laminated oil shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repositories: MNCNI (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, section of fossil invertebrates, Madrid), including some of type material described by Gil (1926) and collected before then.

Primary reference: J. Gil Collado. 1926. Nota sobre algunos insectos fósiles de Ribesalbes (Castellón). Boletín del Instituto Geológico de España 46:89-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122583: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Empididae	Hilara royoi n. sp. Hilara royoi n. sp. Gil Collado 1926 dagger fly
Diptera - Chironomidae	Nomochirus sampelayoi Nomochirus sampelayoi Gil Collado 1926 non biting midge at least ("abundantly represented")
Odonata -	? Platycnemis cincuneguii n. sp. ? Platycnemis cincuneguii n. sp. Gil Collado 1926 damselfly MNCNI-15808
Odonata - Aeshnidae	Oligaeschna saurai n. sp.² Oligaeschna saurai n. sp.² Peñalver et al. 1996 darner dragonfly MNCNI-22610 (formerly MSV 69 from collection of M. Saura)
Neuroptera - Chrysopidae	Pronothochrysa vivesi n. gen. n. sp.¹ Pronothochrysa vivesi n. gen. n. sp.¹ Peñalver et al. 1995 green lacewing MNCNI-21642
Dicondylia -	Coleoptera indet. Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	Formicidae indet. Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant
Hymenoptera - Braconidae	Braconidae indet. Braconidae indet. Nees ab Esenbeck 1811 wasp
Hemiptera - Cercopidae	Cercopidae indet. Cercopidae indet. Leach 1815 froghopper
Hemiptera - Miridae	"Capsidae indet." = Miridae "Capsidae indet." = Miridae Hahn 1833 plant bug

¹Peñalver et al. 1995; ²Peñalver et al. 1996