Where: Castellon, Spain (40.0° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 1.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repositories: collection of Dr. Sixto Fernández López deposited at the Departamento de Paleontología de la Universidad Complutense (Madrid). Partly studied by Vigón (1980, 1981). Various sample prefixes: RB-, RIB-, CCP, RS-, and some without numbers.
Primary reference: E. Peñalver, A. Nel, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1996. Insectos del Mioceno inferior de Ribesalbes (Castellón, España). Paleoptera y Neoptera poli- y paraneoptera. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 5:15-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140794: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Oedipodinae indet. Walker 1871 band-winged grasshopper | |
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Acantholyda ribesalbesensis n. sp.1
Acantholyda ribesalbesensis n. sp.1 Peñalver and Arillo 2002 sawfly RS 16 (Probombus hirsutus in Vigon, 1980/81)
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