PBDB Collection

Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau: Angulata, Switzerland

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Insecta

	Cyclocoris pinguis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Insecta
Insecta - Odonata - Myopophlebiidae

	Aeschna hageni n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Anisozygopteron hageni
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera

	Protocoris ovalis n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Hemiptera

	Palaeomyrmex prodromus n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
Insecta - Hemiptera - Protocoridae

	Protocoris insignis n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Protocoris planus n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Archijassidae

	Cercopidium morio n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Archijassus morio
	(1 measurement)

	Cercopidium minutum n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Archijassus minutus
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustidae

	Acridiites deperditus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Acridomima deperditus
Insecta - Orthoptera

	Acridiites liasinus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Ensifera
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

	Calotermes troglodytes n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen

	Clathrotermes signatus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium geinitzi

	Calotermes maculatus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium minima

	Calotermes obtectus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	synonym of Panorpidium magna

	Calotermes plagiatus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Panorpidium
Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

	Gomphocerites bucklandi (Brodie 1845)		1 specimen
	= Gomphocerites heeriana n. sp. Handlirsch 1906	Handlirsch 1906
Insecta - Dermaptera

	Baseopsis forficulina n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

	Blattina formosa n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	recombined as Schambeloblattina formosa
	(1 measurement)

	Blattina angustata n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Mesoblattina angustata
	(1 measurement)

	Blattidium medium n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Mesoblattinidae
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Sitonites melanarius n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

	Carabites anthracinus n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

	Gyrinites antiquus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Gyrinopsis antiquus
	(1 measurement)

	Gyrinus atavus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Anagyrinus atavus
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Glaresidae

	Aphodiites protogaeus n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

	Nitidulites argoviensis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Micranthaxia bella n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Nitidulites bellus
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

	Eumolpites liberatus n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen

	Chrysomelites prodromus n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lasiosynidae

	Glaphyroptera gehreti n. sp. Heer 1852		2 specimens
	recombined as Glaphyropterodes gehreti
	(2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

	Micranthaxia rediviva n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Glaphyroptera insignis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		2 specimens
	(1 measurement)

	Glaphyroptera brevicollis n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Proctobuprestis brevicollis
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

	Byrrhydium morio n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen

	Byrrhydium arcuatum n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Bothynophora elegans n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Coleopteron sp. Handlirsch 1906	Handlirsch 1906	5 specimens
	(1 measurement)

	Carabites harpalinus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Coleopteron

	Glaphyroptera spectabilis n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Coleopteron

	Byrrhydium troglodytes n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Coleopteron

	Glaphyroptera gracilis n. sp. Heer 1852		3 specimens
	recombined as Glaphyropterula gracilis
	(2 measurements)

	Trixagites floralis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Curculionites liasinus n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Coleoptera

	Melanophila costata n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Melanophilopsis costata
	(1 measurement)

	Hydrophilites stygius n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Hydrophilus acherontis n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	recombined as Hydrophilites acherontis
	(1 measurement)

	Strongylites morio n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen

	Strongylites stygius n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen

	Bellingera ovalis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Thurmannia punctulata n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen

	Prototoma striata n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Cistelites insignis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Wollastonia ovalis n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Latridiites schaumi n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Colymbetes arcuatus n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	recombined as Colymbetopsis arcuatus
	(1 measurement)

	Euchroma liasina n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	recombined as Smodicoptera liasina
	(1 measurement)

	Glaphyroptera depressa n. sp. Heer 1852		2 specimens
	recombined as Glaphyropterites depressus
	(2 measurements)

	Melanophila sculptilis n. sp. Heer 1852		2 specimens
	recombined as Melanophilites sculptilis
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Permosynidae

	Hydrobius veteranus n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	recombined as Hydrobiites veteranus

	Carabites bellus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Hydrobiites bellus
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera

	Hydrophilites interpunctatus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Coleoptera

	Bellingera laticollis n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Bellingeropsis laticollis
	(1 measurement)

	Gyrinites minimus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Phaulogyrinus minimus
	(1 measurement)

	Elaterites vetustus (Brodie 1845)	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
	= Dysarestus vetustus n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1906	Handlirsch 1906

	Buprestites lyellii n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Adynasia lyelli
	(1 measurement)

	Megacentrus tristis n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Petrorophus truncatus n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Cycloderma deplanatum n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	recombined as Critoderma deplanatum
	(1 measurement)

	Strongylites laevigatus n. sp. Heer 1864	Heer 1864	1 specimen
	nomen nudum belonging to Coleoptera

	Gyrinites troglodytes n. gen., n. sp. Heer 1852		1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Switzerland	County:	Aargau
Coordinates:	47.5° North, 8.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	36.5° North, 11.2° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Jurassic	Epoch:	Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:	Hettangian	10 m.y. bin:	Jurassic 1
Key time interval:	Angulata
Age range of interval:	201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Insektenmergel
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	black lithified claystone
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	offshore	Tectonic setting:	passive margin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,mold/impression,adpression,replaced with pyrite
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	good
Abundance in sediment:	few
Temporal resolution:	snapshot

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Zurich Museum
Taxonomic list comments: "Unfortunately, the black marl, in which the Swiss insects included, are very much weathered pyrite and despite the careful storage so that the valuable Heers types, which are all available in the Zurich Museum, Will in a short time be lost to science. Many pieces have already been defaced, and it is therefore entirely dependent on inadequate Heers figures." Handlirsch, 1906

Metadata

Database number:	131766
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-07-29 02:03:48	Last modified:	2015-12-15 19:16:19
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-07-29 02:03:48
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

49724.

O. Heer. 1852. Die Lias-Insel des Aargau's. Zwei Geologische Vorträge Gehalten im März 1852 1:1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

35209		A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47508		O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50652		O. Heer. 1864. Ueber die fossilen Kakerlaken. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 9:273-302 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]