Vilsberg (Triassic of France)

Where: France (48.8° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 18.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grès à Voltzia Formation, Aegean (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Gres a Voltzia is early Anisian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified claystone and siltstone

• "Fossils deposited in a shallow, brackish environment" (Grimaldi & Engel, 2005)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Grauvogel, Gall; reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: P. A. Selden and J. Gall. 1992. A Triassic mygalomorph spider from the northern Vosges, France. Palaeontology 35(1):211-235 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/A. Kinchloe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107681: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2011, edited by April Kinchloe, Jered Karr and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Araneae -
Rosamygale grauvogeli Selden and Gall 1992 spider
AR8
Multicrustacea
 Cyclida -
Anhelkocephalon handlirschi7 Bill 1914
SMNS 75641-1, 3
Insecta
 Diptera -
Nematocera "larvae sp. 7"4 Latreille 1825 fly
9073
Clavapartus latus2 Gall and Grauvogel 1966 fly
 Diptera - Grauvogeliidae
Voltziapupa tentata n. gen. n. sp.4
Voltziapupa tentata n. gen. n. sp.4 Lukashevich et al. 2010 fly
6591a/6592a
  -
Monilipartus tenuis2 Gall and Grauvogel 1966 insect
 Ephemerida -
Minorella virgata n. gen. n. sp.9
Minorella virgata n. gen. n. sp.9 Sinitshenkova and Marchal-Papier 2005 mayfly
9203
 Ephemerida - Triassomanthidae
Triassomanthus parvulus9 Sinitshenkova and Marchal-Papier 2005 mayfly
6620, 9340, 9325, 9314, 9316, 9317, 9318, 9323, 9324, 9329, 9330, 9338, 9339
 Ephemerida - Misthodotidae
Triassodotes vogesiacus9 Sinitshenkova and Marchal-Papier 2005 mayfly
5960, 5961
 Ephemerida - Voltziaephemeridae
Voltziaephemera fossoria9 Sinitshenkova and Marchal-Papier 2005 mayfly
6621
 Hemiptera - Triassocoridae
Arlecoris louisi n. gen. n. sp.8
Arlecoris louisi n. gen. n. sp.8 Shcherbakov 2010 true bug
9172
 Blattodea - Mancusoblattidae
Transitoblatta reticulata n. gen. n. sp.6
Transitoblatta reticulata n. gen. n. sp.6 Papier et al. 1996 cockroach
Coll Grauvogel & Gall 8949, 9053
 Blattodea - Argentinoblattidae
Scleroblatta densa n. gen. n. sp.6
Scleroblatta densa n. gen. n. sp.6 Papier et al. 1996 cockroach
Coll Grauvogel & Gall 5335
 Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae
Prochoristella pilosa n. sp.5 Papier et al. 1996 scorpionfly
Coll Grauvogel & Gall 5901
 Mecoptera - Liassophilidae
"Pseudodiptera gallica n. gen. n. sp." = Laurentiptera gallica3
"Pseudodiptera gallica n. gen. n. sp." = Laurentiptera gallica3 Laurentiaux and Grauvogel 1953 scorpionfly
IGULP 7888 (collection information from Krzeminski & Krzeminska 1996)
 Reculida - Chaulioditidae
Chauliodites anisicus n. sp.1 Aristov et al. 2011 winged insect