Alsace potash field, Anna pit (Quievreux collection) (Oligocene of France)

Where: France (47.8° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Fossiliferous zone is at the top of the Middle Salt Formation and is Rupelian in age. Lower Oligocene and probably lower Sannoisien.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified mudstone and lithified evaporite

• Rhine graben
• Argillite bed a few centimeters in thickness

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by F. Quievreux

Primary reference: H. Priesner and F. Quiévreux. 1935. Thysanoptères des couches de potasse du Haut-Rhin. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Cinquième Série 5:471-477 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146907: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Melanthrips sp. Haliday 1836 thrips
Quievreux No. 876, 227, 364, 1031
 Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Thripidae indet. Stevens 1829 thrips
Anaphothrips or Oxythrips female (Quievreux No. 797)
? Thripidae indet. Stevens 1829 thrips
Quievreux No. 796
Frankliniella oligocaenica n. sp. Priesner and Quiévreux 1935 thrips
Quievreux No. 1020, 1004, 1013, 62, and probably 20, 964, 801
 Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae
Aeolothrips extinctus n. sp. Priesner and Quiévreux 1935 thrips
Quievreux No. 821, 189, 578, 1237, and probably 92, 555, 1097
Orothripinae indet. Bagnall 1913 thrips
Quievreux No. 40
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Oligoaphidius sannoniensis n. gen. n. sp.6, "Trioxys obscuriformis n. sp." = Protacanthoides fossilis6, "Aphidius quievreuxi n. sp." = Promonoctonia quievreuxi6, "Diaeretus fuscus n. sp." = Palaeoxys fuscus6, "Trioxys primigenius n. sp." = Palaeoxys primigenius6, "Aphidius premedicaginis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius premedicaginis6, "Aphidius torneli n. sp." = Pseudaphidius torneli6, "Aphidius oligocenus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligocenus6, "Aphidius oligoarundinis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligoarundinis6, "Aphidius pseudogranarius n. sp." = Pseudaphidius pseudogranarius6, "Aphidius lysiphleboides n. sp." = Pseudaphidius lysiphleboides6, "Aphidius fosiliferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius fosiliferus6, "Aphidius saliniferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius saliniferus6, "Aphidius nigrofacies n. sp." = Pseudaphidius nigrofacies6, "Aphidius cenozoicum n. sp." = Pseudaphidius cenozoicus6, Protephedrus terciarius n. gen. n. sp.6, "Diaeretus berdlandi n. sp." = Protodiaeretiella berdlandi6, "Praon gausai n. sp." = Archipraon gausai6, Holocnomus braconiformis n. gen. n. sp.6
Oligoaphidius sannoniensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 673
"Trioxys obscuriformis n. sp." = Protacanthoides fossilis6 Mackauer 1959 wasp
Quievreux No. 99
"Aphidius quievreuxi n. sp." = Promonoctonia quievreuxi6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 309(239), 371, 833, 986, 1001
"Diaeretus fuscus n. sp." = Palaeoxys fuscus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1107
"Trioxys primigenius n. sp." = Palaeoxys primigenius6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 250, 884
"Aphidius premedicaginis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius premedicaginis6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 632
"Aphidius torneli n. sp." = Pseudaphidius torneli6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 756
"Aphidius oligocenus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligocenus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 193, 755, 810, 963, 979, 1021, 1116
"Aphidius oligoarundinis n. sp." = Pseudaphidius oligoarundinis6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 835
"Aphidius pseudogranarius n. sp." = Pseudaphidius pseudogranarius6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1298
"Aphidius lysiphleboides n. sp." = Pseudaphidius lysiphleboides6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1264
"Aphidius fosiliferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius fosiliferus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1003
"Aphidius saliniferus n. sp." = Pseudaphidius saliniferus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 1137
"Aphidius nigrofacies n. sp." = Pseudaphidius nigrofacies6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 874
"Aphidius cenozoicum n. sp." = Pseudaphidius cenozoicus6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 252, 267, 892, 1335
Protephedrus terciarius n. gen. n. sp.6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 505
"Diaeretus berdlandi n. sp." = Protodiaeretiella berdlandi6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 609, 819
"Praon gausai n. sp." = Archipraon gausai6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 968, 520, 561, 589, 786, 1040, 1302
Holocnomus braconiformis n. gen. n. sp.6 Quilis Pérez 1940 wasp
Quievreux No. 780
 Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
Raphidiidae "indet. E"3 Latreille 1810 snakefly
MNHN-LP-R.10417 ("Raphidia" sp. in Quievreux 1935)
 Neuroptera -
Myrmeleontoidea indet.2 Latreille 1802 lacewing
MNHN IPM-R.54245 (Quievreux 2001) - Myrmeleontidae or Nemopteridae
 Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
Stenonemiini indet.2 Orfila 1955 thread-winged antlion
MNHN IPM-R.54246 (Quievreux 740)
 Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Pararchiconis quievreuxi n. gen. n. sp.2
Pararchiconis quievreuxi n. gen. n. sp.2 Nel 1991 dustywing
MNHN IPM-R.54244 (Quievreux 1232)
 Diptera - Cylindrotomidae
Cyttaromyia quievreuxi n. sp.7 Séguy 1934 long bodied crane fly
Quievreux 526
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Hercostomus sp.4 Loew 1857 long-legged fly
Quievreux 852
Hercostomus quievreuxi n. sp.4 Parent and Quiévreux 1935 long-legged fly
Quievreux 1030
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Neoempheria wittenheimiana n. sp.5 Quiévreux 1938 fungus gnat
Quievreux 1364
 Diptera - Sciaridae
"Lycoria (Neosciara) oligocoenica n. sp." = Bradysia oligocenica5, "Lycoria (Neosciara) tertiaria n. sp." = Bradysia tertiaria5, Protosciara alsatica n. gen. n. sp.5
"Lycoria (Neosciara) oligocoenica n. sp." = Bradysia oligocenica5 Quiévreux 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
Quievreux 1050-1336, 1221-61-42
"Lycoria (Neosciara) tertiaria n. sp." = Bradysia tertiaria5 Quiévreux 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
Quievreux 1338, 1358, probably 559, 1318, 347, 543, 1208, 1227, 1228, 1287
Protosciara alsatica n. gen. n. sp.5 Quiévreux 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
Quievreux 1211
Arachnida
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Theridion crassipalpum n. sp.1 Berland 1939 cobweb spider
Quievreux No. 485
 Araneae - Linyphiidae
Linyphia quievreuxi n. sp.1 Berland 1939 money spider/sheet weaver
Quievreux No. 124
 Araneae - Thomisidae
Synema enigmaticum n. sp.1 Berland 1939 crab spider
Quievreux No. 54
 Araneae - Salticidae
Heliophanus extinctus n. sp.1 Berland 1939 spider
Quievreux No. 443