Where: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51.5° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 18.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying
• Specimens in the Museum in Halle
Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125699: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Arram Noshirvan on 16.03.2012, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Phyloblatta wittekindiana n. sp." = Compsoblatta plana
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