Where: Germany (51.4° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 19.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Orbicularismergel Member (Karlstadt Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Orbicularis Member (lowermost Middle Muschelkalk)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg in Schleusingen (NHMS)
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 186556: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Chauliodites esperstedtensis n. sp.
Chauliodites esperstedtensis n. sp. van Eldijk et al. 2017 winged insect |