La Robinière (La Garnache 1), Vendée amber: Turonian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Blattodea
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Termitotron vendeense n. gen., n. sp.
Engel 2014
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Engel 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-30 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Dermaptera
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Vendeenympha gravesi n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Perrichot 2014
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Engel and Perrichot 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-72.2 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Thysanoptera
- Melanthripidae
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Ankothrips dupeae n. sp.
Nel et al. 2020
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Nel et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR.1 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Psocodea
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Psocodea indet.
Hennig 1966
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Azar et al. 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-105, 3 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Psocodea
- Archaeatropidae
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Proprionoglaris axioperierga n. sp.
Azar et al. 2014
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Azar et al. 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-69, 39 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Proprionoglaris cf. axioperierga
Azar et al. 2014
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Azar et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-103 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Psocodea
- Mesopsocidae
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Mesopsocidae indet.
Enderlein 1903
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Azar et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-81 | ||||||||||
Mesopsocoides dupei n. gen., n. sp.
Azar et al. 2014
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Azar et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-46 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Psocodea
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Scocompus atelisus n. gen., n. sp.
Azar et al. 2014
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Azar et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-40 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Serphitidae
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Serphites fannyae n. sp.
Engel and Perrichot 2014
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Engel and Perrichot 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-26, 106b (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Pemphredonidae
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Menopsila dupeae n. gen., n. sp.
Bennett et al. 2014
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Bennett et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-50 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Coniopterygidae
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Garnaconis dupeorum n. gen., n. sp.
Perrichot and Nel 2014
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Perrichot et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-2 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Hyperstenichnus vendeanus n. gen., n. sp.
Jałoszyński and Perrichot 2017
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Jałoszyński et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-10 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Ceratopogonidae
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Leptoconops sp.
Skuse 1889
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Choufani et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-31 | ||||||||||
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) gravesi n. sp.
Choufani et al. 2014
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Choufani et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-72.1 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Culicoides doyeni n. sp.
Choufani et al. 2014
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Choufani et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-127.2 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Dolichopodidae
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Microphorites magaliae n. sp.
Perrichot and Engel 2014
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Perrichot and Engel 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-106a (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Theridiosomatidae
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? Baalzebub mesozoicum n. sp.
Penney 2014
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1 specimen | |||||||||
IGR.GAR-91 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Acariformes
- Nasutiacaridae
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Nasutiacarus perplexus n. gen., n. sp.
Sidorchuk and Lindquist 2015
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Sidorchuk et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-87.2 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Tanaidacea
- Alavatanaidae
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Eurotanais seilacheri n. sp.
Sánchez-García et al. 2016
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Sánchez-García et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IGR.GAR-61 | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Isopoda
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Vacuotheca dupeorum n. gen., n. sp.
Schädel et al. 2019
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Schädel et al. 2019 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 46.9° North, 1.9° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° North, 0.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: La Garnache consists of two lignitic clay series, Garnache 1 and Garnache 2, separated by a fault. The first series cropped out to the south of the fault during road works until 2002 but is now covered by an embankment. It has provided numerous pieces of amber containing arthropod and micro-organism inclusions. Palynological analysis of Garnache 1 revealed several Normapolles species belonging to the genera Atlantopollis, Complexiopollis, Osculapollis, Plicapollis and Trudopollis, but larger forms typical of Senonian deposits are absent. By contrast, Garnache 2 proved to be dominated taxonomically and numerically by spores (Appendicisporites, Camarozonosporites, Gleicheniidites, Patellasporites, Stereisporites), associated with a few gymnosperm (Cerebropollenites, Phyllocladidites, Classopollis) and angiosperm (Liliacidites, Retitricolpites and a single specimen of the Normapolles Complexiopollis) taxa. Garnache 1 is, therefore, younger than Garnache 2, the latter being clearly Cenomanian in age whereas Garnache 1 is more likely to be Turonian. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified amber |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,original chitin,amber |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Institute and Museum of the University Rennes 1, Rennes, France |
Metadata
Also known as: | Vendean amber | ||
Database number: | 164386 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2014-12-01 22:46:56 | Last modified: | 2017-04-08 10:08:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-12-01 22:46:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53658. | D. Penney. 2014. A fossil ray spider (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) in Cretaceous amber from Vendée, France. Paleontological Contributions 10:5-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
53660 | D. Azar, A. Nel, and V. Perrichot. 2014. Diverse barklice (Psocodea) from Late Cretaceous Vendean amber. Paleontological Contributions 10:9-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53668 | D. J. Bennett, V. Perrichot, and M. S. Engel. 2014. A new genus and species of pemphredonine wasp in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Paleontological Contributions 10:41-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53667 | J. Choufani, V. Perrichot, D. Azar and A. Nel. 2014. New biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber. Paleontological Contributions 10:34-40 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53663 | M. S. Engel. 2014. A termite (Isoptera) in Late Cretaceous amber from Vendée, northwestern France. Paleontological Contributions 10:21-24 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53669 | M. S. Engel and V. Perrichot. 2014. The extinct wasp family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera). Paleontological Contributions 10:46-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53662 | M. S. Engel and V. Perrichot. 2014. An earwig in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Dermaptera). Paleontological Contributions 10:16-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
62092 | P. Jałoszyński, V. Perrichot, and D. Peris. 2017. Ninety million years of chasing mites by ant-like stone beetles. Gondwana Research 48:1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
76884 | P. Nel, T. Schubnel, V. Perrichot and A. Nel. 2020. Ankothrips, the most ancient extant thrips genus (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae). Papers in Palaeontology 7:825-837 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53666 | V. Perrichot and M. S. Engel. 2014. Youngest occurrence of the genus Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): a new species in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber. Paleontological Contributions 10:30-33 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53664 | V. Perrichot, R. Garrouste, D. Azar, D. Néraudeau, and A. Nel. 2014. A new genus of dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber. Paleontological Contributions 10:25-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
60623 | A. Sánchez-García, E. Peñalver, G. J. Bird, V. Perrichot, and X. Delclòs. 2016. Palaeobiology of tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Cretaceous ambers: extending the scarce fossil record of a diverse peracarid group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:492-522 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
70888 | M. Schädel, V. Perrichot, and J. T. Haug. 2019. Exceptionally preserved cryptoniscium larvae - morphological details of rare isopod crustaceans from French Cretaceous Vendean amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(3.71):1-46 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
58384 | E. A. Sidorchuk, V. Perrichot, and E. E. Lindquist. 2016. A new fossil mite from French Cretaceous amber (Acari: Heterostigmata: Nasutiacaroidea superfam. nov.), testing evolutionary concepts within the Eleutherengona (Acariformes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:297-317 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |