Where: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (54.5° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 6.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fur Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified diatomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Peter Fanz in 1987
• Repository: collection of Peter Fanz (Kiel-Schilksee)
Primary reference: W. Zessin. 2019. Neue Insekten aus dem Moler (Paläozän/Eozän) von Dänemark, Teil 4 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Eumastacidae, Ensifera: Gryllidae; Odonata: Libellulidae). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 22:56-63 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 222032: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Fanzus grandis n. gen. n. sp.
Fanzus grandis n. gen. n. sp. Zessin 2019 true crickets |