Manebach (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Thuringia, Germany (50.7° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 19.3° E)

When: Ottweiler Stufe Formation, Stephanian C (303.4 - 301.2 Ma)

• argillaceous schist between the third and fourth veins of the Ilmenau coal basin

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous schist

• Thuringian Forest basin; extensional basin with dextral strike-slip transtension component following the Variscan orogeny

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: C. F. Goldenberg. 1869. Zur Kenntniss der fossilen Insecten in der Steinkohlen-Formation. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie 1869:158-168 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122592: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.01.2012, edited by Amy Delelli

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Insecta
 Blattodea - Compsoblattidae
Compsoblatta frankei n. sp.3 Schneider 1978 cockroach
FG 262/6, 262/7
 Blattodea - Paleoblattidae
"Blattina goldenbergi n. sp." = Gerablattina goldenbergi2
"Blattina goldenbergi n. sp." = Gerablattina goldenbergi2 Mahr 1870 cockroach
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
"Blattina clathrata n. sp." = Phauloblatta clathrata1, "Etoblattina didyma" = Anthracoblattina didyma4, "Blattina manebachensis n. sp." = Phyloblatta manebachensis, "Blattina fritschii n. sp." = Phyloblatta fritschii1, Phyloblatta gimmi n. sp.3
"Blattina clathrata n. sp." = Phauloblatta clathrata1 Heer 1864 winged insect
Collection of K. von Fritsch
"Etoblattina didyma" = Anthracoblattina didyma4 Rost 1839 winged insect
According to Mahr, the species has been repeatedly found at Manebach
"Blattina manebachensis n. sp." = Phyloblatta manebachensis Goldenberg 1869 winged insect
"Blattina fritschii n. sp." = Phyloblatta fritschii1 Heer 1864 winged insect
Collection of K. von Fritsch
Phyloblatta gimmi n. sp.3 Schneider 1978 winged insect
FG 262/2
 Protorthoptera -
Macrophlebium hollebeni n. gen. n. sp.
Macrophlebium hollebeni n. gen. n. sp. Goldenberg 1869 winged insect
 Dicondylia -
"Blattina latinervis n. sp." = Sphalmatoblattina latinervis1
"Blattina latinervis n. sp." = Sphalmatoblattina latinervis1 Heer 1864 winged insect