Oeningen (Carlsruhe collection): Sarmatian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Tettigoniidae
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Phaneroptera vetusta
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Tettigoniidae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Harpalus sinis n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Argutor antiquus n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Tenebrionidae
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Helops meissneri n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Meloidae
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Lytta aesculapii
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Coccinellidae
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Coccinella hesione n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Trogossitidae
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Trogossita koellikeri n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Trogosita koellikeri | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Anthribidae
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Anthribites moussonii n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Cleonus pyrrhae n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Cleonini | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Cleonus larinoides n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Cleonini | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cleonus deucalionis n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Cleonini | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Brachycerus germanus n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Curculionites | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Gonioctena clymene n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Bruchus striolatus n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cerambycidae
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Mesosa jasonis n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Scaphidium deletum n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Hydrophilidae
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Hydrophilus braunii n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Hydrobiomorpha braunii | ||||||||||
Hydrophilus knorrii n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Hydrophilus spectabilis | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Hydrophilus vexatorius
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Rhizotrogus longimanus n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Aphodius meyeri n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Malachius vertummni
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Polyphaga | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Dermestidae
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Dermestes pauper n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Diacanthus sutor n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Ctenicera sutor | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cardiophorus braunii n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cantharidae
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Telephorus germari n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) germari | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Telephorus fragilis n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Cantharis (Cantharis) fragilis | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Buprestidae
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Ancylochira gracilis n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Buprestis gracilis | ||||||||||
Carlsruhe museum 279/285 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Ancylochira deleta n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Buprestis deleta | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Ancylochira heydenii n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Buprestis heydeni | ||||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Buprestites exstincta n. sp.
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
corrected as Buprestites exstinctus | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Capnodis antiqua
Heer 1847
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Heer 1847 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Ichneumonidae
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Cryptus antiquus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomalon protogaeum n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Pompilidae
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Pompilus induratus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Pompilites induratus | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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Bombus abavus
Heer 1867
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Zeuner and Manning 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Inv. 1268 (Oe.90) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Anthophorites tonsa n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Anthophorites titania n. sp.
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Holotype Inv.1273 (Oe.92), paratype now at ETH Zurich Pl. I, 686 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Xylocopa senilis n. sp.
Heer 1849
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7 specimens | |||||||||
type and 1 poorly preserved in Heer; Inv.1267, 270 (Pl 5 fig 6 in Pongracz, 1931), 1175 (Oe.89, no. 145), 1175 (Oe.89, no. 146), 1228 (Oe.93) in Zeuner & Manning, 1976 (7 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Megachilidae
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Lithurge adamitica
(Heer 1864)
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Zeuner and Manning 1976 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Inv.1216 (Oe.95) (apparently different from Heer specimens) | ||||||||||
Osmia antiqua n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Cephites oeningensis n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Myrmica macrocephala
Heer 1849
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Pongrácz 1931 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Myrmica | ||||||||||
SMNK Inv. 1215 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Ponera fuliginosa
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Poneropsis fuliginosa | ||||||||||
ssp. oeningensis (SMNK Inv. 1235, 1236) | ||||||||||
Formica oeningensis
Heer 1849
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Camponotus oeningensis | ||||||||||
Formica obesa oeningensis | ||||||||||
Formica lignitum
Germar 1837
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Camponotus lignitus | ||||||||||
Includes SMNK Inv. 1182, 1230 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Formica pinguis
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Oecophylla obesa | ||||||||||
ssp. oeningensis (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Formica procera
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Formica immersa
Heer 1849
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Pongrácz 1931 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMNK Inv. 1282 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Formica orbata
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Formica seuberti
Heer 1849
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Pongrácz 1931 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMNK Inv. 1193 (Oe 113) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Formica longicollis n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Formica pulchella
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Formica macrophthalma
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Belostomatidae
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Diplonychus rotundatus n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Belostomatidae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Pentatomidae
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Eusarcoris pinguis n. sp.
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Eysarcoris | ||||||||||
lower quarry | ||||||||||
Pentatoma longiceps n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
lower quarry | ||||||||||
Halys bruckmanni
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
lower quarry | ||||||||||
Eurydema brevicollis n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
lower quarry | ||||||||||
Eurydema impudica
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Scutelleridae
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Pachycoris escheri
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Pachycoris germari
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Rhyparochromidae
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Pachymerus oblongus n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Lygaeidae
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Lygaeites obsoletus n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Reduviidae
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Evagoras impressus n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
lower quarry | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
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Pseudophana amatoria n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Cicadomorpha | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Aphrophoridae
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Aphrophora spumarioides
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Cercopidae
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Cercopis oeningensis n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
lower quarry | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Membracidae
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Membracites cristatus n. gen., n. sp.
Heer 1853
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Heer 1853 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Odonata
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"Aeschna" eudore n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Anisoptera | ||||||||||
larva | ||||||||||
"Libellula" thetis
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Anisoptera | ||||||||||
larvae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Odonata
- Aeshnidae
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Aeschna polydore n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Gynacantha polydore | ||||||||||
SMNK Inv. 1265 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Odonata
- Corduliidae
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Cordulia sp.
Leach 1815
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Pongrácz 1931 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMNK Inv. 1219 (Libellula doris by Heer) | ||||||||||
? Cordulia sp.
Leach 1815
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Pongrácz 1931 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
SMNH Inv. 1257, 1263 (Libellula thoe by Heer) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Chironomidae
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Chironomus obsoletus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Bibionidae
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Bibio elongatus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Bibionidae | ||||||||||
SMNK Oe. 154 Inv. 1189 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Bibio obsoletus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Bibio | ||||||||||
SMNK Oe. 161 | ||||||||||
Bibio angustatus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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4 specimens | |||||||||
SMNK Oe. 179 Inv. 1274, Oe. 151-153 | ||||||||||
Bibio fusiformis
Heer 1849
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6 specimens | |||||||||
SMNK Oe. 142-145, 148, 161(x2), 194 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Bibio moestus n. sp.
Heer 1849
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4 specimens | |||||||||
SMNK Oe. 163, 157 | ||||||||||
Bibio brevis
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
SMNK Oe. 160 Inv. 1193 | ||||||||||
Bibio oblongus
Heer 1849
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Skartveit and Pika 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Bibio brevis | ||||||||||
SMNK Oe. 156 | ||||||||||
Protomyia amoena n. sp.
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Penthetria amoena | ||||||||||
SMNK Oe. 170 Inv. 1247; Oe. 159 in Skartveit & Pika 2014 | ||||||||||
Protomyia jucunda n. sp.
Heer 1849
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Plecia jucunda | ||||||||||
SMNK Oe. 168 Inv. 1279 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Asilidae
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Asilus antiquus
Heer 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
SMNK Inv. 1195 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg |
Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 8.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.9° North, 7.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Sarmatian | Mammal zone: | MN 7 |
Age range of interval: | 12.80000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Upper Freshwater-Molasse | Member: | Upper Oehningen beds |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
Environment: | crater lake | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Geology comments: "meromictic maar lake of approximately 1000 m in diameter and perhaps up to 100 m in depth" (Lutz, 1997). "Deposited in the Northern Alpine Foreland basin" (Uhl et al., 2006). |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 115305 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2011-09-01 02:15:05 | Last modified: | 2024-02-03 10:20:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-01 02:15:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
37344. | O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
38897 | O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
39159 | O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen] | |
56453 | A. Pongrácz. 1931. Bemerkungen über die Insektenfauna von Oeningen nebst Revision der Heer'schen Typen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg 17(2):104-125 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53927 | J. Skartveit and M. Pika. 2014. Revision of Bibionidae (Diptera) named by Oswald Heer from the Miocene of Öhningen, southern Germany. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 87:103-134 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
5180 | ETE 892 | F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning. 1976. A monograph on fossil bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 27(3):149-268 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |