PBDB Collection

Herolds mountain, Strohgelbe Kalke, N Hammelburg (Triassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Röt Formation, Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Bithynium from the highest Röt

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow limestone

• most insects are from upper upper part of the section in straw colored limestone, but a few other finds were found lower

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. Brauckmann and T. Schlüter. 1993. Neue Insekten aus der Trias von Unter-Franken. Geologica et Palaeontologica 27:181-199 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115969: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae	? Triassoblatta sp. ? Triassoblatta sp. Tillyard 1919 winged insect SMTE 5825/2-44
Coleoptera - Ademosynidae	cf. Ademosyne sp. cf. Ademosyne sp. Handlirsch 1906 beetle SMTE 5825/2-31, 33, 34, 41
Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae	Stargelytron altus n. sp.² Stargelytron altus n. sp.² Ponomarenko 2015 beetle SMTE 5825/2-571
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	aff. Meseumolpites sp. aff. Meseumolpites sp. Ponomarenko 1962 leaf beetle SMTE 5825/2-14
Neuroptera -	"? Planipennia "indet 2"" = Neuroptera "? Planipennia "indet 2"" = Neuroptera Linnaeus 1758 lacewing SMTE 5825/2-12
Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae	Pseudopolycentropus triasicus¹ Pseudopolycentropus triasicus¹ Papier et al. 1996 scorpionfly SMTE 5825/2-199
Hemiptera -	Dubiaphis curvata n. gen. n. sp., Heteroptera indet., Heseneuma hammelburgensis n. gen. n. sp. Dubiaphis curvata n. gen. n. sp. Brauckmann and Schlüter 1993 aphid SMTE 5825/2-10.2 Heteroptera indet. Latreille 1810 true bug SMTE 5825/2-30 Heseneuma hammelburgensis n. gen. n. sp. Brauckmann and Schlüter 1993 planthopper SMTE 5825/2-10.1
Hemiptera - Saaloscytinidae	Saaloscytina perreticulata n. gen. n. sp. Saaloscytina perreticulata n. gen. n. sp. Brauckmann and Schlüter 1993 true bug SMTE 5825/2-8, 5825/2-11, 5825/2-22, 5825/2-40
Hemiptera - Ipsviciidae	Ipsviciidae indet. Ipsviciidae indet. Tillyard 1919 true bug SMTE 5825/2-39
Reculida - Chaulioditidae	Chauliodites picteti¹ Chauliodites picteti¹ Heer 1864 winged insect SMTE 5825/2-21
Archaeognatha - Dasyleptidae	Dasyleptus sp.¹ Dasyleptus sp.¹ Brongniart 1885 jumping bristletails SMTE 5825/2-436,364,417

¹Bashkuev et al. 2012; ²Ponomarenko et al. 2015