Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 0.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cotham Member (Lilstock Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• In this area, the insect bed is almost the lowest bed of the Lower Lias and overlies the White Lias (Rhaetian), either in the lowermost Hettangian planorbis zone or uppermost Rhaetian pre-planorbis beds. At Strensham, it is in the pre-planorbis beds, although Handlirsch gives an "upper Lias" age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float)
• Repository: Museum of Practical Geology, London
Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139595: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Orthophlebia gracilis n. sp.
Orthophlebia gracilis n. sp. Handlirsch 1939 scorpionfly |