La Robinière (La Garnache 1), Vendée amber: Turonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Blattodea
Termitotron vendeense n. gen., n. sp. Engel 2014
Engel 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-30 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Dermaptera
Vendeenympha gravesi n. gen., n. sp. Engel and Perrichot 2014
Engel and Perrichot 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-72.2
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Ankothrips dupeae n. sp. Nel et al. 2020
Nel et al. 2020 1 specimen
IGR.GAR.1 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Psocodea
Psocodea indet. Hennig 1966
Azar et al. 2014 2 specimens
IGR.GAR-105, 3
Insecta - Psocodea - Archaeatropidae
Proprionoglaris axioperierga n. sp. Azar et al. 2014
Azar et al. 2014 2 specimens
IGR.GAR-69, 39 (1 measurement)
Proprionoglaris cf. axioperierga Azar et al. 2014
Azar et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-103
Insecta - Psocodea - Mesopsocidae
Mesopsocidae indet. Enderlein 1903
Azar et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-81
Mesopsocoides dupei n. gen., n. sp. Azar et al. 2014
Azar et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-46 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Psocodea
Scocompus atelisus n. gen., n. sp. Azar et al. 2014
Azar et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-40 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Serphites fannyae n. sp. Engel and Perrichot 2014
Engel and Perrichot 2014 2 specimens
IGR.GAR-26, 106b (3 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pemphredonidae
Menopsila dupeae n. gen., n. sp. Bennett et al. 2014
Bennett et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-50
Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Garnaconis dupeorum n. gen., n. sp. Perrichot and Nel 2014
Perrichot et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-2 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Hyperstenichnus vendeanus n. gen., n. sp. Jałoszyński and Perrichot 2017
Jałoszyński et al. 2017 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-10
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Leptoconops sp. Skuse 1889
Choufani et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-31
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) gravesi n. sp. Choufani et al. 2014
Choufani et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-72.1 (2 measurements)
Culicoides doyeni n. sp. Choufani et al. 2014
Choufani et al. 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-127.2 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Microphorites magaliae n. sp. Perrichot and Engel 2014
Perrichot and Engel 2014 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-106a (2 measurements)
Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiosomatidae
? Baalzebub mesozoicum n. sp. Penney 2014
1 specimen
IGR.GAR-91
Arachnida - Acariformes - Nasutiacaridae
Nasutiacarus perplexus n. gen., n. sp. Sidorchuk and Lindquist 2015
Sidorchuk et al. 2016 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-87.2
Malacostraca - Tanaidacea - Alavatanaidae
Eurotanais seilacheri n. sp. Sánchez-García et al. 2016
Sánchez-García et al. 2016 1 specimen
IGR.GAR-61
Malacostraca - Isopoda
Vacuotheca dupeorum n. gen., n. sp. Schädel et al. 2019
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]