Where: Niedersachsen, Germany (52.3° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 17.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Posidonia Shale Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by B. Vahldiek
• Repository: private collection of B. Vahldiek, later Zoological Museum of University of Gottingen
Primary reference: R. Willmann. 1994. Raphidiodea aus dem Lias und die Phylogenie der Kamelhalsfliegen (Insecta: Holometabola). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 68:167-197 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139222: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
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Metaraphidia vahldieki n. sp.
Metaraphidia vahldieki n. sp. Willmann 1994 snakefly |