Also known as Kleinkems
Where: Germany (47.7° N, 7.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 4.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Salt Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• "In spite of abundant fossils, index fossils are rare and, hence, the stratigraphical position of the Salt Formation members has not been totally clarified yet. The most authors regard the Fossiliferous Zone as Earliest Oligocene [29]. Schuler [43] postulates the lower part of the member to be Latest Eocene in age. A biostratigraphical age based on mammals in the hanging Haustein member (Upper Salt Formation) of the ‘Rebberg’ quarry about 35 m above the horizon of discovery covers the time interval of the Mammal Reference Level MP21 and corresponds to the Lower Stampian and Upper Priabonian, thus coinciding with Stehlin‘s ‘Grande coupure’ [47]. So the stratigraphical position of the Fossiliferous Zone member seems to be close to the Eocene–Oligocene boundary." Wappler et al., 2005
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; marl and limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Primary reference: N. Theobald. 1937. Les insectes fossiles des terrains oligocènes de France. Bulletin Mensuel (Mémoires) de la Société des Sciences de Nancy 1:1-473 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122407: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 25.12.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
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Chironomus sp. Meigen 1803 non biting midge Coll Mieg de Bale R 260, 256, 679(508), 242(198), 1023(961)
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"Limnobia deferi n. sp." = Limonia deferi
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Agromyza incerta n. sp.
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Mycetophilidae indet., "Rhymosia foersteri n. sp." = Rymosia foersteri, Leia longipes, Leia gracillima, Allactoneura veiti n. sp.
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Bibionidae indet., Plecia sp., Plecia inflata, Plecia conica n. sp., "Plecia cf. lapidaria" = Plecia pinguis, "Plecia foersteri n. sp." = Plecia foersteri, "Plecia foersteri" = Plecia foersteri2, "Plecia splendida" = Plecia foersteri, "Plecia oviformis n. sp." = Plecia foersteri, Bibiodes sp.2, "Bibio dislocata n. sp." = Bibio dislocatus, "Bibio consolida n. sp." = Bibio dislocatus, "Plecia macroventris n. sp." = Bibio dislocatus, "Bibio baumbergeri n. sp." = Bibio baumbergeri, "Bibio parenti n. sp." = Bibio baumbergeri, Dilophus sp.2, "Plecia cf. lugens" = Penthetria lugens, "Plecia claripennis n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis, "Plecia difficilis n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis, "Plecia varia n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis, "Plecia variegata n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis, "Plecia graciosa n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis, "Plecia gigantea n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea, "Plecia crassiventris n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea, "Plecia luteipennis n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea, "Plecia miegi n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea, "Plecia subterranea n. sp." = Penthetria subterranea
Bibionidae indet. Fleming 1821 march fly
Plecia sp. Wiedemann 1823 love bug
"Plecia cf. lapidaria" = Plecia pinguis von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 love bug
"Plecia foersteri n. sp." = Plecia foersteri Theobald 1937 love bug
"Plecia foersteri" = Plecia foersteri2 Theobald 1937 love bug Coll Mieg de Bale R 542(664), 352, 424, 533, 626, 922
"Plecia splendida" = Plecia foersteri Theobald 1937 love bug Coll Mieg de Bale R 861, 517, 780, 1012
"Bibio consolida n. sp." = Bibio dislocatus Theobald 1937 march fly
"Bibio baumbergeri n. sp." = Bibio baumbergeri Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 2003, 833, 481, 849
"Plecia cf. lugens" = Penthetria lugens Oustalet 1870 march fly
"Plecia claripennis n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 864
"Plecia graciosa n. sp." = Penthetria claripennis Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 979(845), 645(651), 662, 797(1000), 995
"Plecia gigantea n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 970, 619, 914(888) Mullhouse Museum 156
"Plecia crassiventris n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 934, 638, 401
"Plecia luteipennis n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 2000(963), 34
"Plecia miegi n. sp." = Penthetria gigantea Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 891(2004), 97, 971
"Plecia subterranea n. sp." = Penthetria subterranea Theobald 1937 march fly Coll Mieg de Bale R 868, 2002, 241
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Leptogaster falloti n. sp.
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Heleomyza oligocenica n. sp.
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Sphegina abrasa n. sp.
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Dolichopus incertus n. sp.
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Symphoromyia marginata n. sp.
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Phytomyza vetusta n. sp.
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Aeshnidae indet., "Aeschna heterofasciata n. sp." = Aeshna heterofasciata
"Aeschna heterofasciata n. sp." = Aeshna heterofasciata Theobald 1937 hawker dragonfly Coll Mieg de Bale R 786
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Aphanus contractus n. sp.
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Cydnus cristatus n. sp., Cydnus cf. archaicus, Cydnus dignus, Cydnus cf. sagittifer, Cydnus tertiarius, Cydnus brevicrassus, Cydnus armiger, Cydnus solutus, Cydnus cf. pygmaeus, Cydnus cf. brevicollis
Cydnus cf. archaicus Meunier 1915 burrowing bug | |
"Eusarcoris nuda" = Eysarcoris, Eurydema retrorsum n. sp.
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"Nabis maculata" = Nabis maculatus
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Gerris parabdominalis n. sp.
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Orthacanthacris rhenana n. sp.
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Termopsis gracilipennis n. sp.
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Bracon diffusiventre n. sp.
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"? Pimpla indura n. sp." = Lycorina indura, Parapimpla rhenana n. gen. n. sp., Cremastus primus n. sp., ? Pimpla seyrigi n. sp.
"? Pimpla indura n. sp." = Lycorina indura Theobald 1937 ichneumon wasp NMBA 1323 [Coll Mieg de Bale R 865(587)]
Parapimpla rhenana n. gen. n. sp. Theobald 1937 ichneumon wasp NMBA F1321 [Coll Mieg de Bale R 403(404)]
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"Methoca sp." = Methocha
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Formicidae indet., Formicidae indet.1, Myrmicites sp., Lioponera sp., "Sima klebsi" = Tetraponera klebsi, Gesomyrmex miegi n. sp., Glaphyromyrmex oligocenicus, Formica cf. sepulta, Formica flori, Formica tripartita n. sp., Formica alsatica n. sp., Camponotus vehemens, Camponotus mengei, Oecophylla superba n. sp., Drymomyrmex cf. fuscipennis, Iridomyrmex breviantennis n. sp., "Iridomyrmex cf. geinitzi" = Yantaromyrmex geinitzi, Dolichoderus coquandi, Dolichoderus oviformis n. sp., Dolichoderus affectus n. sp., Dolichoderus explicans, Dolichoderus bruneti n. sp., "Iridomyrmex cf. goepperti" = Ctenobethylus goepperti, Platythyrea cf. primaeva, "Euponera cf. calcarea" = Pachycondyla calcarea, "Euponera calcarea n. sp." = Pachycondyla calcarea, "Brachyponera dubia n. sp." = Pachycondyla dubia, "Euponera globiventris n. sp." = Pachycondyla globiventris, "Gesomyrmex expectans n. sp." = Eoformica expectans, "Myrmicidae indet." = Myrmicinae, "Aphaenogaster maculipes n. sp." = Paraphaenogaster maculipes, Solenopsis maxima, Solenopsis superba, Solenopsis blanda, "Solenopsis major n. sp." = Solenopsis alena, Solenopsis valida, Solenopsis foersteri
Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant
Myrmicites sp. Förster 1891 ant
Formica tripartita n. sp. Theobald 1937 ant
Drymomyrmex cf. fuscipennis Wheeler 1915 ant
Dolichoderus coquandi Theobald 1937 ant
"Iridomyrmex cf. goepperti" = Ctenobethylus goepperti Mayr 1868 ant Coll Mieg de Bale R 289(73), 351(635), 28, 886(382), 28
"Euponera cf. calcarea" = Pachycondyla calcarea Theobald 1937 ant
"Euponera calcarea n. sp." = Pachycondyla calcarea Theobald 1937 ant Coll Mieg de Bale R 147, 35, 116, 701
"Euponera globiventris n. sp." = Pachycondyla globiventris Theobald 1937 ant Coll Mieg de Bale R 609, 682, 558
"Myrmicidae indet." = Myrmicinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 ant Coll Mieg de Bale R 126, 188, 247, 738
"Aphaenogaster maculipes n. sp." = Paraphaenogaster maculipes Theobald 1937 ant Coll Mieg de Bale R 244, 510, 93
Solenopsis superba Förster 1891 ant
Solenopsis valida Förster 1891 ant
Solenopsis foersteri Theobald 1937 ant | |
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
Anchomenus bipunctatus, Trechus capito, Pterostichus molestus n. sp., "Harpalus offusus" = Harpalus obtusus, Harpalus cf. oustaleti, Harpalus dilatatus n. sp.
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Cucujiformia indet. Lameere 1938 beetle | |
Thanasimus ostenderus n. sp.
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Ditylus lienharti n. sp.
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Lachnopus dilatatus n. sp., Ceutorhynchus miegi n. sp., Cleonus foersteri n. sp., Hylobius sp., Sitona lata n. sp., "Cleonus cf. sexsulcatus" = Rhytidoderes sexsulcatus, "Sitona cf. margarum" = Protainophthalmus margarus, Cleonus sp.
"Cleonus cf. sexsulcatus" = Rhytidoderes sexsulcatus Heer 1856 snout beetle Coll Mieg de Bale R 807(433)
"Sitona cf. margarum" = Protainophthalmus margarus Germar 1849 snout beetle Coll Mieg de Bale R 819, 87
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Cryptocephalus pitoni n. sp., Donacia dubia n. sp., Chrysochloa pulchra, Psylliodes defiguratus n. sp., Psylliodes difficilis, Galerucella sp., Galerucella emarginata n. sp.
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Saperda densipunctata n. sp.
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"Hydrobius crassipunctatus" = Escheria crassipunctata
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Elateridae indet., Selatosomus miegi n. sp.
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