Where: Netherlands (52.0° N, 6.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.2° N, 26.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vossenveld Formation, Bithynian (245.0 - 244.2 Ma)

• Layer 43 is considered to be Illyrian in age (Hagdorn and Simon 2010; Maxwell et al. 2016). Although this Illyrian date for layer 43 is upheld in this publication, it should be noted that this implies a large sedimentation gap or a severely reduced sedimentation rate between layer 37 (Bithynian) and layer 43 (Illyrian), which seems discordant with the available stratigraphic evidence. The Illyrian dating is also not compatible with the palynological results obtained by Herngreen et al. (2005a, b), which indicate that the top section of the stratigraphy belongs to the Bithynian substage of the Anisian. Although it would seem most probable that layer 43 is of Bithynian age as the palynological date assigned by Herngreen et al. (2005a, b) is based on two separate stratigraphic marker species, further stratigraphic studies are required.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (RGM) and collection

•of Adam Haarhuis (AHWW)

Primary reference: T. van Eldijk, G. Goris, A. Haarhuis, J. Lankamp, H. Winkelhorst, J. Reumer, A. Nel and T. Wappler. 2017. New fossil insects from the Anisian (Lower to Middle Muschelkalk) from the Central European Basin (Germany and The Netherlands). PalZ 91:185-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186555: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.06.2017

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