Where: France (47.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 3.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• Lutz (1997) and Mai (1995) assign the age of Brunstatt and Kleinkems to the Lower Oligocene, but Mai (1995) also allocated Brunstatt to the Mammal Reference Level MP20 which corresponds to the Priabonian (37.2–33.9 Ma) in the latest part of the Eocene. Thus, the stratigraphical position of Brunstatt and Kleinkems seems to be close to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Primary reference: B. Förster. 1891. Die Insekten der "Plattigen Steinmergels" von Brunstatt. Abhandlungen zur Geologischen Specialkarte von Elsass-Lothringen, Band 3 1:335-593 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 121476: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.12.2011, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Epicypta cf. nigritella, "Epicypta pallipes" = Allodia pallipes, "Rhymosia foersteri" = Rymosia foersteri, "Glaphyroptera gracillima n. sp." = Leia gracillima, "Glaphyroptera longipes n. sp." = Leia longipes
Epicypta cf. nigritella Heer 1849 fungus gnat
"Epicypta pallipes" = Allodia pallipes Heer 1856 fungus gnat
"Rhymosia foersteri" = Rymosia foersteri Theobald 1937 fungus gnat
"Glaphyroptera gracillima n. sp." = Leia gracillima Förster 1891 fungus gnat
"Glaphyroptera longipes n. sp." = Leia longipes Förster 1891 fungus gnat | |
Plecia inflata, Plecia cf. rhenana, Plecia cf. grossa, Plecia gracillima n. sp., "Plecia cf. lapidaria" = Plecia pinguis
Plecia inflata Oustalet 1870 love bug
Plecia cf. rhenana von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 love bug
Plecia cf. grossa von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 love bug
Plecia gracillima n. sp. Förster 1891 love bug
"Plecia cf. lapidaria" = Plecia pinguis von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 love bug | |
Syrphus reciprocus n. sp., "Syrphus cf. freyeri" = Platycheirus freyeri
Syrphus reciprocus n. sp. Förster 1891 hover fly
"Syrphus cf. freyeri" = Platycheirus freyeri Heer 1849 hover fly | |
Escheria crassipunctata n. sp., Escheria punctulata n. sp.
Escheria crassipunctata n. sp. Förster 1891 beetle
Escheria punctulata n. sp. Förster 1891 beetle | |
Bruchus cf. pisi Linnaeus 1758 leaf beetle
"Haltica dubia n. sp." = Altica dubia Förster 1891 flea beetle
Donacia disjecta n. sp. Förster 1891 leaf beetle | |
Olibrus ornatus n. sp.
Olibrus ornatus n. sp. Förster 1891 beetle | |
Scymnus angulatus n. sp.
Scymnus angulatus n. sp. Förster 1891 ladybird beetle | |
Dolerus tenax n. sp.
Dolerus tenax n. sp. Förster 1891 wood wasp | |
Bracon praeteritus Förster 1891 wasp | |
"Solenopsis superba" = Solenopsis superba, "Attopsis extensa n. sp." = Solenopsis superba, "Attopsis maxima n. sp." = Solenopsis maxima, "Attopsis moesta n. sp." = Solenopsis moesta, "Attopsis valida" = Solenopsis valida, "Attopsis cf. nigra" = Oecophylla obesa, "Camponotus vehemens n. sp." = Camponotites vehemens, Myrmicites sp., Mutilla tenera n. sp.
"Solenopsis superba" = Solenopsis superba Förster 1891 ant
"Attopsis extensa n. sp." = Solenopsis superba Förster 1891 ant
"Attopsis maxima n. sp." = Solenopsis maxima Förster 1891 ant
"Attopsis moesta n. sp." = Solenopsis moesta Förster 1891 ant
"Attopsis valida" = Solenopsis valida Förster 1891 ant
"Attopsis cf. nigra" = Oecophylla obesa Heer 1849 weaver ant
"Camponotus vehemens n. sp." = Camponotites vehemens Förster 1891 ant
Myrmicites sp. Förster 1891 ant
Mutilla tenera n. sp. Förster 1891 ant | |
Torymus pertinax n. sp.
Torymus pertinax n. sp. Förster 1891 chalcid wasp | |
Cydnus cinctus n. sp., Cydnus armiger
Cydnus cinctus n. sp. Förster 1891 burrowing bug
Cydnus armiger Förster 1891 burrowing bug | |
"Pachymerus fasciatus" = Diniella fasciata, Aphanus contractus, "Pachymerus pulchellus" = Aphanus pulchellus
"Pachymerus fasciatus" = Diniella fasciata Heer 1853 seed bug
Aphanus contractus Theobald 1937 seed bug
"Pachymerus pulchellus" = Aphanus pulchellus Heer 1853 seed bug | |
"Nabis maculata" = Nabis maculatus
"Nabis maculata" = Nabis maculatus Heer 1853 true bug | |
Cercopidae indet. Leach 1815 froghopper | |
Aphrophora dimidia n. sp., Ptyelus marcatus
Aphrophora dimidia n. sp. Förster 1891 froghopper
Ptyelus marcatus Theobald 1937 froghopper | |
Oligonila foersteri n. gen. n. sp., Oligonila defectuosa n. sp.
Oligonila foersteri n. gen. n. sp. Theobald 1937 planthopper
Oligonila defectuosa n. sp. Theobald 1937 planthopper was identified as Cixius cf. loculatus In Förster
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Cixius cf. vitreus Germar and Berendt 1856 cixiid planthopper |