Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• "The ‘insect formation’ is 2.5 m thick, divided in two parts that correspond to two very different environmental conditions. The first (lower) episode is remarkable by its lateral monotony of facies on a distance of 6 km at least, in the outcrops observed on the northwest of Aix-en-Provence. This lower episode is distinguished from the rest of the ‘insect formation’ and from the whole formation of Aix-en-Provence by the presence of a very numerous thin limestone laminae. The second (upper) episode is remarkable by the presence of many silici- fied laminae. The fauna in this level is also very well preserved"….This collection consists of unspecified layers
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collection methods: Museum Marseille
Primary reference: S. H. Scudder. 1872. Description of a new fossil butterfly (Satyrites reynesii) found at Aix in Provence. The Geological Magazine 9:532-533 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122487: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 30.12.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Herselioides thanatiformis n. gen. n. sp.1, "Protolycosa attiformis n. gen. n. sp." = Paralycosa attiformis1, Cercidiella aquisextana n. gen. n. sp.1, Amphithomisus barbatus n. gen. n. sp.1, Clubionella antiqua n. gen. n. sp.1, Eresoides orbicularis n. gen. n. sp.1, Amphiclotho breviuscula n. gen. n. sp.1, Pseudothomisus articulatus n. gen. n. sp.1
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Uroctea galloprovincialis n. sp.1
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Hersilia aquisextana n. sp.1
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Tegenaria lacazei n. sp.1
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"Attopsis hirsutus n. gen. n. sp." = Eoattopsis hirsutus1
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Ariamnes gabrieli n. sp.1
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Prodysdera intermedia n. gen. n. sp.1, Mygale ambigua n. sp.1, Protochersis spinosus n. gen. n. sp.1, Protolachesis annulata n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Phrynus marioni n. sp." = Phrynus fossilis1
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Amphitrogulus sternalis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Phalangillum hirsutum n. gen. n. sp.1
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Insecta | |
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"Plecia livida" = Plecia livida8, "Plecia constricta n. sp." = Plecia livida8, "Plecia splendida" = Plecia foersteri8, "Plecia elegans" = Plecia bucklandi8, "Plecia gracilis" = Plecia bucklandi8, Bibio curtisi8, "Bibio serresi n. sp." = Bibio curtisii8, "Bibio conformans n. sp." = Bibio celasensis8
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Asilus sannoisiensis n. sp.3
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"Bombylius depereti n. sp." = Bombylius (Bombylius) depereti3
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"Libellula martini n. sp." = Palaeotramea martini2 Meunier 1914 common skimmer Museum Marseille 5897
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"Calopteryx sannoisiensis n. sp." = Sapho sannoisiensis2
"Calopteryx sannoisiensis n. sp." = Sapho sannoisiensis2 Meunier 1914 broad-winged damselfly Museum Marseille 5898
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"Euacanthus bellus n. sp." = Evacanthus bellus2
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Decticus antiquus n. sp.2
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Bracon vasseuri n. sp.2
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"Ichneumon sublongaevus n. sp." = Pimpla antiquus2
"Ichneumon sublongaevus n. sp." = Pimpla antiquus2 Saussure 1852 ichneumon wasp Museum Marseille 5948
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Tenthredinites bifasciata n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Aphaenogaster maculata n. sp." = Paraphaenogaster maculata8
"Aphaenogaster maculata n. sp." = Paraphaenogaster maculata8 Theobald 1937 ant Museum Marseille M 55
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Sceliphron tertiarius n. sp.3
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Hylotomites robusta n. gen. n. sp.2
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"Calosoma (Callisthenes) agassizi" = Calosoma agassizi5, Nebria tisiphone n. sp.5, Feronia provincialis n. sp.5, Feronia minax n. sp.5, Stomis elegans n. sp.5, Harpalus oustaleti n. sp.3, Harpalus deletus n. sp.5
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Hydrophilopsis incerta n. sp.5
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"Geotrupes atacus" = Geotrupes atavus3
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Achenium ingens n. sp.5, "Erinnys elongata n. sp." = Lithoplanes elongata5, Quedius reynesii5, Staphylinus calvus5, "Staphylinus (Ocypus) germarii n. sp." = Staphylinus germarii5, Staphylinus priscus5, "Staphylinus (Ocypus) atavus n. sp." = Ocypus atavus5
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"Anthicus melancholicus n. sp." = Anthicus oustaleti5
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Coniatus minusculus n. sp.5, Hylobius carbo n. sp.5, Cryptorhynchus gypsi n. sp.5, ? Hydronomus nasutus n. sp.5, Hipporhinus heeri8, Hipporhinus heerii5, "Hipporhinus reynesii" = Rhytidoderes sexsulcatus5, "Sitones margarum" = Protainophthalmus margarus5, "Cleonus asperulus" = Protainophthalmus asperulus5, "Brachyderes aquisextanus" = Protainophthalmus asperulus5, "Brachyderes longipes" = Protainophthalmus asperulus5, "Cleonus marcelli" = Protainophthalmus asperulus5, Cleonus inflexus5, Curculionites exiguus n. sp.5, Cleonus pygmaeus n. sp.5, "Hylobius morosus" = Curculionites morosus5
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Chrysomela matheroni5, Chrysomela debilis n. sp.5, "Chrysomela lyelliana" = Plagiodera lyelliana5, Crioceris margarum n. sp.5, Cassida blancheti5
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Clytus leporinus n. sp.5
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Onthophagus luteus n. sp.5
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Pamphilites abdita n. gen. n. sp.7
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Satyrites reynesii n. gen. n. sp.
Satyrites reynesii n. gen. n. sp. Scudder 1872 browns |