Hangard in Ostertal, near Neunkirchen-Saar (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.4° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 17.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leaia other zone, Göttelborn Formation (Lower Ottweiler Group), Stephanian A (305.9 - 304.8 Ma)

• Oberes Oberkarbon, Stefan A (Untere Ottweiler Gruppe), Göttelborner Schichten, Leaia-Honzont.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

• Saar-Nahe basin; Half-graben generated by extension on South Hunsruck bounding fault, but with some component of dextral strike-slip transtension in an intermontane setting following the Variscan orogeny

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by Helga Grümer in 1962

Primary reference: P. Guthörl. 1962. Zur Arthropoden-Fauna des Karbons und Perms. 13. Neue Funde von Miomopteren (Insecta) aus dem Stefan A des Saarkarbons. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 36(Supp 1):64-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123835: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 31.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Miomoptera - Palaeomanteidae
Saaromioptera jordani n. gen. n. sp.1, "Stefanomioptera hangardi n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeomantis hangardi, "Stefanomioptera ostertali n. sp." = Palaeomantis ostertali
Saaromioptera jordani n. gen. n. sp.1 Guthörl 1963 winged insect
BSPGM 1962 VIII 146ab
"Stefanomioptera hangardi n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeomantis hangardi Guthörl 1962 winged insect
coll Guthörl Nr. 1
"Stefanomioptera ostertali n. sp." = Palaeomantis ostertali Guthörl 1962 winged insect
coll Guthörl Nr. 2
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Mioblattina weissi n. gen. n. sp.2
Mioblattina weissi n. gen. n. sp.2 Guthörl 1963 cockroach
coll Guthörl Nr. 3
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Leaiidae
Leaia baentschiana1 Beyrich 1864 clam shrimp