Where: Croatia (46.2° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 15.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)
• Likely early Sarmatian (MN7) in age, based on foraminifera (Bajraktarevic, 1984) and siliceous microfossils (Galovic, 2003) from localities in the vicinity of Krapina.
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Collection methods: May have been collected by Heer himself, but no details are given
Primary reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117250: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bittacus reticulatus n. sp.2
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"Aeschna metis n. sp." = Oplonaeschna metis2
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Urocerites spectabilis n. gen. n. sp.4
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Bracon pallidus n. sp.4
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Hemiteles fasciata n. sp.2, "Ichneumon longaevus n. sp." = Ophion longaevus2, Pimpla (Rhyssa) antiqua n. sp.4, Acoenitus lividus n. sp.2, Ichneumonites fusiformis n. sp.4
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Sphex gigantea n. sp.4
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Vespa crabroniformis n. sp.4
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Myrmica venusta n. sp.4, Poneropsis pallida n. sp.4, "Formica heraclea" = Camponotus heracleus4, "Formica lignitum" = Camponotus lignitus4, Formica lavateri4, Poneropsis brunascens n. sp.4
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Anchomenus orphanus n. sp. Heer 1847 ground beetle
Harpalus tabidus n. sp. Heer 1847 ground beetle
Bembidium absolutum n. sp.1 Giebel 1856 ground beetle Giebel refers to a specimen figured by Heer (pl 10, fig 91), but that figure doesn't exist
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Curculionites redtenbacheri n. gen. n. sp.
Curculionites redtenbacheri n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1847 snout beetle | |
Saperda absyrti n. sp.
Saperda absyrti n. sp. Heer 1847 false blister beetle | |
Meloe podalirii n. sp.
Meloe podalirii n. sp. Heer 1847 blister beetle | |
Amphotis bella n. sp.
Amphotis bella n. sp. Heer 1847 sap beetle | |
"Telephorus tertiarius" = Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) tertiaria, "Telephorus attavinus n. sp." = Cantharis (Cantharis) attavina
"Telephorus tertiarius" = Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) tertiaria Heer 1847 soldier beetle ssp. radobojanus
"Telephorus attavinus n. sp." = Cantharis (Cantharis) attavina Heer 1847 soldier beetle | |
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Syrphus infumatus n. sp.2
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"Mycetophila nigritella n. sp." = Epicypta nigritella2, Mycetophila latipennis n. sp.2, Mycetophila antiqua n. sp.2, Mycetophila pumilio n. sp.2
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Sciara hirtella n. sp.2
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Tipula aemula n. sp.2
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"Limnobia formosa n. sp." = Limonia formosa2
"Limnobia formosa n. sp." = Limonia formosa2 Heer 1849 crane fly Locality not stated, assumed to be Radoboj by later authors
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