Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau (Jurassic of Switzerland)
Where: Switzerland (47.5° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 11.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Insektenmergel Formation, Angulata (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, black claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, replaced with pyrite
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,
• Repository: Zurich Museum
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1852. Die Lias-Insel des Aargau's. Zwei Geologische Vorträge Gehalten im März 1852 1:1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131766: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 29.07.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "Unfortunately, the black marl, in which the Swiss insects included, are very much weathered pyrite and despite the careful storage so that the valuable Heers types, which are all available in the Zurich Museum, Will in a short time be lost to science. Many pieces have already been defaced, and it is therefore entirely dependent on inadequate Heers figures." Handlirsch, 1906
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Cyclocoris pinguis n. gen. n. sp.2
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"Blattina angustata n. sp." = Mesoblattina angustata3, "Blattina formosa n. sp." = Schambeloblattina formosa, Blattidium medium n. sp.3
"Blattina formosa n. sp." = Schambeloblattina formosa Heer 1852 cockroach | |
Gomphocerites heeriana n. sp.1
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"Calotermes maculatus n. sp." = Panorpidium minima2, "Clathrotermes signatus n. sp." = Panorpidium geinitzi2, Calotermes troglodytes n. sp.2, "Calotermes plagiatus n. sp." = Panorpidium plagiatus2, "Calotermes obtectus n. sp." = Panorpidium magna2
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Acridiites liasinus n. sp.2
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"Acridiites deperditus n. sp." = Acridomima deperditus2
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Baseopsis forficulina n. gen. n. sp.2
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Bellingera ovalis n. gen. n. sp., "Glaphyroptera gracilis n. sp." = Glaphyropterula gracilis, Gyrinites troglodytes n. gen. n. sp., "Melanophila sculptilis n. sp." = Melanophilites sculptilis, "Bellingera laticollis n. sp." = Bellingeropsis laticollis2, Petrorophus truncatus n. gen. n. sp., Sitonites melanarius n. gen. n. sp.2, "Hydrophilites interpunctatus n. sp." = Coleopteron interpunctatus2, "Colymbetes arcuatus n. sp." = Colymbetopsis arcuatus, Prototoma striata n. gen. n. sp., "Buprestites lyellii n. sp." = Adynasia lyelli2, Strongylites stygius n. gen. n. sp.2, Strongylites morio n. sp.2, "Melanophila costata n. sp." = Melanophilopsis costata2, Wollastonia ovalis n. gen. n. sp., Coleopteron sp.1, "Carabites harpalinus n. sp." = Coleopteron harpalinus2, "Glaphyroptera spectabilis n. sp." = Coleopteron spectabilis2, "Byrrhydium troglodytes n. sp." = Coleopteron troglodytes2, "Cycloderma deplanatum n. gen. n. sp." = Critoderma deplanatum2, Curculionites liasinus n. sp.
Bellingera ovalis n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
"Glaphyroptera gracilis n. sp." = Glaphyropterula gracilis Heer 1852 beetle
Gyrinites troglodytes n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
"Melanophila sculptilis n. sp." = Melanophilites sculptilis Heer 1852 beetle
Petrorophus truncatus n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
"Colymbetes arcuatus n. sp." = Colymbetopsis arcuatus Heer 1852 beetle
Prototoma striata n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
Wollastonia ovalis n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
Curculionites liasinus n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle | |
"Hydrobius veteranus n. sp." = Hydrobiites veteranus, "Carabites bellus n. sp." = Hydrobiites bellus2
"Hydrobius veteranus n. sp." = Hydrobiites veteranus Heer 1852 beetle | |
Hydrophilites stygius n. sp.2, "Hydrophilus acherontis n. sp." = Hydrophilites acherontis, Dysarestus vetustus n. gen. n. sp.1, "Strongylites laevigatus n. sp." = Coleopteron laevigatus2, Bothynophora elegans n. gen. n. sp.2
"Hydrophilus acherontis n. sp." = Hydrophilites acherontis Heer 1852 beetle | |
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Carabites anthracinus n. sp.
Carabites anthracinus n. sp. Heer 1852 ground beetle | |
"Glaphyroptera brevicollis n. sp." = Proctobuprestis brevicollis2, Glaphyroptera insignis n. gen. n. sp., Micranthaxia rediviva n. gen. n. sp.
Glaphyroptera insignis n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 jewel beetle
Micranthaxia rediviva n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 jewel beetle | |
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"Glaphyroptera gehreti n. sp." = Glaphyropterodes gehreti
"Glaphyroptera gehreti n. sp." = Glaphyropterodes gehreti Heer 1852 beetle | |
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Aphodiites protogaeus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Megacentrus tristis n. sp., "Gyrinites minimus n. sp." = Phaulogyrinus minimus2, Trixagites floralis n. gen. n. sp.2, Cistelites insignis n. gen. n. sp.2, Thurmannia punctulata n. gen. n. sp., Latridiites schaumi n. gen. n. sp.2, "Glaphyroptera depressa n. sp." = Glaphyropterites depressus, "Euchroma liasina n. sp." = Smodicoptera liasina
Megacentrus tristis n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
Thurmannia punctulata n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1852 beetle
"Glaphyroptera depressa n. sp." = Glaphyropterites depressus Heer 1852 beetle
"Euchroma liasina n. sp." = Smodicoptera liasina Heer 1852 beetle | |
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Protocoris planus n. sp. Heer 1852 true bug | |
"Cercopidium morio n. sp." = Archijassus morio2, "Cercopidium minutum n. sp." = Archijassus minutus2
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"Aeschna hageni n. sp." = Anisozygopteron hageni2
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