Dyckeroff's quarry, Biebrich near Mainz-Castel (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.0° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hydrobienkalk Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lime mudstone

• Insects show evidence of floating and being exposed to a certain level of decomposition. Rhine graben.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by O. Schmidtgen

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Professor O. Schmidtgen, director of the Naturhistorisches Museum, Mainz carried out the successful excavations of the "Hydrobienkalk." Includes material collected prior to 1934.

Primary reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 6(8):154-159 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123872: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 01.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Dicondylia -
Odonata indet.2
Odonata indet.2 Fabricius 1793 dragonfly
NHMM 87, 89, 135
 Odonata -
Anisoptera indet.2
Anisoptera indet.2 Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854 true dragonfly
NHMM 121
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Trameobasileus moguntiacus n. gen. n. sp.2, Libellula sp.2
Trameobasileus moguntiacus n. gen. n. sp.2 Zeuner 1938 common skimmer
NHMM 73, 37, 58, 60, 68, 117-120
Libellula sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 common skimmer
NHMM 116
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
Aeshnidae indet.1
Aeshnidae indet.1 Leach 1815 darner dragonfly
NHMM 29
 Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
"Projagoria conjuncta" = Oligoaeschna conjuncta2
"Projagoria conjuncta" = Oligoaeschna conjuncta2 Martynov 1929 true dragonfly
NHMM 115
 Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
Scutelleridae indet.2
Scutelleridae indet.2 Leach 1815 metallic shield bug
NHMM 128
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae indet.2
Pentatomidae indet.2 Leach 1815 stink bug
NHMM 36
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Cydnidae "indet. A"2, Cydnidae "indet. B"2
Cydnidae "indet. A"2 Billberg 1820 burrowing bug
NHMM 69 (cf. Schirus sp.)
Cydnidae "indet. B"2 Billberg 1820 burrowing bug
NHMM 70
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeidae indet.2
Lygaeidae indet.2 Schilling 1829 milkweed bug
NHMM 129
 Hemiptera - Coccidae
Coccidae indet.2
Coccidae indet.2 soft scale
NHMM 157
 Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae
Neocurtilla schmidtgeni n. sp.
Neocurtilla schmidtgeni n. sp. Zeuner 1937 mole cricket
NHMM 122
 Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Kalotermes sp.2
Kalotermes sp.2 Hagen 1853 termite
NHMM 65
 Blattodea -
Ulmeriella martynovi n. sp.2
Ulmeriella martynovi n. sp.2 Zeuner 1938 termite
NHMM 40, 41, 74
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae indet.2
Ichneumonidae indet.2 Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
NHMM 124
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Xylocopa hydrobiae n. sp.2
Xylocopa hydrobiae n. sp.2 Zeuner 1938 large carpenter bee
NHMM 5, 123
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Myrmicinae indet.2, Formicinae indet.2, ? Aphaenogaster sp.2, Lasius sp.2
Myrmicinae indet.2 Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 ant
NHMM 28, 42, 53, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80
Formicinae indet.2 Forel 1893 ant
NHMM ?125, 126, 127
? Aphaenogaster sp.2 Mayr 1853 ant
NHMM 71
Lasius sp.2 Fabricius 1805 ant
NHMM 125
 Dicondylia -
Trichoptera "indet. A"2
Trichoptera "indet. A"2 Kirby 1815 caddisfly
NHMM 50,54,56,63,139-144,146-154
 Trichoptera - Phryganeidae
"Phryganea (Agrypnia) cf. obsoleta" = Phryganea obsoleta2
"Phryganea (Agrypnia) cf. obsoleta" = Phryganea obsoleta2 Hagen 1864 large caddisfly
NHMM 7-27,29,46,48,61a,b,71,91, 92a,b,93a,b,94-110a,b,112,114
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera "indet. D"2, Coleoptera "indet. F"2, Coleoptera "indet. G"2, Coleoptera "indet. H"2, Coleoptera "indet. K"2, Coleoptera "indet. B"2
Coleoptera "indet. D"2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NHMM 31
Coleoptera "indet. F"2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NHMM 34
Coleoptera "indet. G"2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NHMM 55
Coleoptera "indet. H"2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NHMM 131
Coleoptera "indet. K"2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NHMM 133
Coleoptera "indet. B"2 Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NHMM 44
 Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Tenebrionidae "indet. A"2
Tenebrionidae "indet. A"2 Latreille 1802 darkling beetle
NHMM 30, 33, 35, 47, 67, 134 (cf. Gonocephalum)
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
? Curculionidae "indet. C"2, ? Curculionidae "indet. E"2, ? Curculionidae "indet. J"2
? Curculionidae "indet. C"2 Latreille 1802 snout beetle
NHMM 57
? Curculionidae "indet. E"2 Latreille 1802 snout beetle
NHMM 45
? Curculionidae "indet. J"2 Latreille 1802 snout beetle
NHMM 132
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
"Hydrophilus sp." = Hydrophilus2, "Hydrous sp." = Hydrophilus2
"Hydrophilus sp." = Hydrophilus2 Geoffroy 1762 water scavenger beetle
NHMM 130
"Hydrous sp." = Hydrophilus2 Geoffroy 1762 water scavenger beetle
NHMM 88
 Diptera -
Diptera indet.2
Diptera indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 fly
NHMM 59 (larva)
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula sectorialis n. sp.2
Tipula sectorialis n. sp.2 Zeuner 1938 crane fly
NHMM 2,3, 83-86
 Diptera - Stratiomyidae
"Stratiomyiidae "indet. A"" = Stratiomyidae2, "Stratiomyiidae "indet. B"" = Stratiomyidae2, Odontomyia cf. hydroleon2
"Stratiomyiidae "indet. A"" = Stratiomyidae2 Latreille 1802 soldier fly
NHMM 155
"Stratiomyiidae "indet. B"" = Stratiomyidae2 Latreille 1802 soldier fly
NHMM 156
Odontomyia cf. hydroleon2 Linnaeus 1758 soldier fly
NHMM 90
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio sticheli2, Plecia sp.2
Bibio sticheli2 Handlirsch 1908 march fly
NHMM 1, 43, 64, 81, 82
Plecia sp.2 Wiedemann 1823 love bug
NHMM 136, 137
1Nel et al. 1994; 2Zeuner 1938