PBDB Collection

Münzenberg near Leoben (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.4° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• Age given as Carpatien- Badenien inferieur

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithified, black lignite

• "The seam is covered by up to 18 m of sapropelic shales, which contain fish remains and a fossil flora with more than 400 species." Gruber & Sachsenhofer, 2001

•"According to Neubauer et al. (2000), the Leoben Basin formed as a halfgraben in a general strike-slip setting. It was later deformed by N–S shortening leading to reverse faulting along the southern margin of the basin." Gruber & Sachsenhofer, 2001

• " L'aile est conservée ù la surface d'une fine lamine noire charbonneuse" Nel, 1992

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Prof. Hofmann in 1889; reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1907. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts V-VII. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 641-1120 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131964: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.08.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Coleoptera - Carabidae	Harpalinae indet. Harpalinae indet. Bonelli 1810 ground beetle NHMW 1889/98
Coleoptera - Elateridae	Elateridae indet. Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle NHMW 1889/98
Hemiptera - Pentatomidae	Mesohalys muenzenbergiana n. gen. n. sp. Mesohalys muenzenbergiana n. gen. n. sp. Beier 1952 stink bug NHMW 1889/98
Odonata - Gomphidae	Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus n. gen. n. sp. Lithogomphus muenzenbergianus n. gen. n. sp. Beier 1952 clubtail dragonfly NHMW 1889/98 (?Gomphidae or Libellulidae in Handlirsch 1908, p. 905)