Gostritz (Pleistocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.0° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• From glacial deposits

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum fur Mineralogie und Geologie zu Dresden

Primary reference: A. d'Orchymont. 1927. Über zwei neue diluviale Helophoren-Arten. Sitzungsberichte und Abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftlichen Isis in Dresden 1926:100-104 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156167: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Helophoridae
"Helophorus (Gephelophorus) lomnicki" = Helophorus (Gephelophorus) sibiricus, "Helophorus (Orphelophorus) wandereri n. sp." = Helophorus (Orphelophorus) obscurellus
"Helophorus (Gephelophorus) lomnicki" = Helophorus (Gephelophorus) sibiricus Motschulsky 1860 water scavenger beetle
"Helophorus (Orphelophorus) wandereri n. sp." = Helophorus (Orphelophorus) obscurellus Poppius 1907 water scavenger beetle