Waste Heap from Karl-Moritz-Schachte (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.6° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wettiner Formation, Stephanian C (301.0 - 300.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and coal

• Saale basin; extensional basin formed during transtension within Variscan belt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: University of Greifswald

Primary reference: W. Zessin. 1983. Zur Taxonomie der jungpaläozoischen Familie Meganeuridae (Odonata) unter Einbeziehung eines Neufundes aus dem Stefan C der Halleschen Mulde (DDR). Freiberger Forschungshefte C 384:58-76 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.06.2011, edited by Amy Delelli

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Stephanotypus schneideri n. gen. n. sp.
Stephanotypus schneideri n. gen. n. sp. Zessin 1983 griffinfly
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Xenoblatta russoma Goldenberg 1869 winged insect
FG 256/10, 218/49, 218/16, 218/48
Xenoblatta aff. russoma Goldenberg 1869 winged insect
FG 218/14, FG 218/34
Xenoblatta simoniana n. sp. Schneider 1978 winged insect
FG 213/1, 218/22, 218/36, 218/39/1, 218/47, 213/3, 256/9
Xenoblatta ploetziana Schneider 1978 winged insect
FG 218/53, 218/29, 218/74, 218/87, 256/21, 213/35
Xenoblatta muetzei n. sp. Schneider 1978 winged insect
FG 256/12, 256/14, 218/44, 213/15