PBDB Collection

Céreste (MNHN coll) (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Cereste

Where: France (43.9° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campagne-Calavon Formation, MP 23 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• ~33.9 Ma to ~28.1 Ma, Oligocene, Rupelian (level MP 23, Reichenbacher & Philippe 1997).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; carbonate

• Apt basin. Irregular basins formed during extension of the European platform in the Oligocene resulting from the formation of the West-European rift system.

• "Calcaires"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by André Nel; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: F. Fernández-Rubio and A. Nel. 2000. Neurosymploca? oligocenica, a new fossil species of Lepidoptera Zygaenoidea of the Oligocene of Céreste (Lubéron, France). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 27:7-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122984: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr and Lindy Edwards

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Odonata - Sieblosiidae	Stenolestes "sp. 3"¹², Stenolestes cerestensis n. sp.¹⁴ Stenolestes "sp. 3"¹² Scudder 1895 damselfly MNHN-LP-R 54322 Coll Nel Stenolestes cerestensis n. sp.¹⁴ Nel et al. 2005 damselfly MNHN-LP-R 63846
Odonata - Lestidae	Lestes brisaci n. sp.¹¹, Lestes ceresti n. sp.¹³ Lestes brisaci n. sp.¹¹ Nel et al. 1997 spread-winged damselfly Specimen in private Brisac coll. (Malateverne, France) Lestes ceresti n. sp.¹³ Nel and Papazian 1985 spread-winged damselfly MNHN-LP-R 07445
Odonata - Aeshnidae	Aeschna ollivieri n. sp.⁴ Aeschna ollivieri n. sp.⁴ Nel 1986 hawker dragonfly MNHN-LP-R.07707 ; collected by Ollivier
Hymenoptera -	Andrena antoinei n. sp.² Andrena antoinei n. sp.² Michez and De Meulemeester 2014 bee
Hymenoptera - Apidae	Apis (Synapis) cuenoti¹⁰, Protohabropoda pauli n. gen. n. sp.² Apis (Synapis) cuenoti¹⁰ Theobald 1937 honey bee MNHN-LP-R.08383, 08396 Protohabropoda pauli n. gen. n. sp.² De Meulemeester and Michez 2014 bee
Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae	Pseudoneorina coulleti n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Pseudoneorina coulleti n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Nel and Descimon 1984 browns 2486 Coll. Nel; paratype Coll. Coullet
Lepidoptera - Zygaenidae	? Neurosymploca oligocenica n. sp. ? Neurosymploca oligocenica n. sp. Fernández-Rubio and Nel 2000 moth MNHN-LP-R.55185 (Nel 3754)
Neuroptera - Mantispidae	Prosagittalata oligocenica n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Prosagittalata oligocenica n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Nel 1988 mantidfly MNHN IMP-R07444
Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae	Ascaloptynx oligocenicus n. sp.⁸ Ascaloptynx oligocenicus n. sp.⁸ Nel 1991 owlfly MNHN IPM-R.07718
Coleoptera - Carabidae	"Carabus ceresti n. sp." = Calosoma ceresti⁵, Calosoma agassizi⁷ "Carabus ceresti n. sp." = Calosoma ceresti⁵ Nel 1987 ground beetle Col Nel 134, 135, 1582 Calosoma agassizi⁷ Barthelemy-Lapommeraye 1846 ground beetle Nel 2369C, 27C
Coleoptera - Mordellidae	"Stenalia oligocenica n. sp." = Petrimordella oligocenica³ "Stenalia oligocenica n. sp." = Petrimordella oligocenica³ Nel 1985 tumbling flower beetle MNHN.F.R07459 (formerly 1206 Nel collection)
Hemiptera - Cicadidae	Paracicadetta oligocenica n. gen. n. sp.¹ Paracicadetta oligocenica n. gen. n. sp.¹ Boulard and Nel 1990 cicada MNHN-IPM-R07889 (Nel 3748C)
Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae	Archepseudophylla fossilis¹⁵ Archepseudophylla fossilis¹⁵ Nel et al. 2008 katydid MNHN-LP-R.63885, 63886, 63887, 11 others

¹Boulard and Nel 1990; ²Dehon et al. 2014; ³Nel 1985; ⁴Nel 1986; ⁵Nel 1987; ⁶Nel 1988; ⁷Nel 1989; ⁸Nel 1991; ⁹Nel and Descimon 1984; ¹⁰Nel et al. 1999; ¹¹Nel et al. 1997; ¹²Nel and Paicheler 1994; ¹³Nel and Papazian 1985; ¹⁴Nel et al. 2005; ¹⁵Nel et al. 2008