Klärbecken, near Niederrad (Pliocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.1° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Reuverian, according to Kvacek et al. (2019).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Rhine graben.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the SMF

• Repository: probably SMF (many plant specimens are there)

Primary reference: H. Engelhardt and F. Kinkelin. 1908. I. Oberpliocäne Flora und Fauna des Untermaintales, insbesondere des Frankfurter Klärbeckens. II. Unterdiluviale Flora von Hainstadt a. M. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 29:149-306 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164952: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
? Camponotus sp.
? Camponotus sp. Mayr 1861 ant
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
? Scolytus sp.
? Scolytus sp. Geoffroy 1762 bark beetle
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Cyphosoma askenasyi n. sp.
Cyphosoma askenasyi n. sp. von Heyden 1908 jewel beetle