Schandelah (Vahldiek coll): Early/Lower Toarcian, Germany
collected by B. Vahldiek

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Liadobracona raduhna Zessin 1981
Rasnitsyn et al. 2003 1 specimen
LSV 1-1 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Metaraphidiidae
Metaraphidia vahldieki n. sp. Willmann 1994
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Niedersachsen County:Wolfenbüttel
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 10.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 17.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian Ammonoid zone:
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Posidonia Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Soft, fine splitting marl slate"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:B. Vahldiek
Collection method comments: Repository: private collection of B. Vahldiek, later Zoological Museum of University of Gottingen
Metadata
Database number:139222
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-02-09 10:46:12 Last modified:2014-07-17 16:56:23
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-09 10:46:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44726. R. Willmann. 1994. Raphidiodea aus dem Lias und die Phylogenie der Kamelhalsfliegen (Insecta: Holometabola). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 68:167-197 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

50106 A. P. Rasnitsyn, J. Ansorge, and W. Zessin. 2003. New hymenopterous insects (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the lower Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 227:321-342 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]