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11 April 2022 Grylloblattidan insects from Sperbersbach and Cabarz (Germany), two new early Permian and insect-rich localities
Yingying Cui, Stephan Brauner, Joerg W. Schneider, Olivier Béthoux
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Abstract

New fossil insect specimens from two new localities in Germany, namely Sperbersbach and Cabarz (Goldlauter Formation; early Permian), belonging to the Grylloblattida, are described. Abundant material is assigned to Pictoborella clara n. gen. n. sp., regarded as closely related to Pictoborella germanica (Prokop et al., 2012) n. comb., from the Saar-Nahe Basin (Germany; early Permian). Liomopterum fuscatum n. sp., represented by fewer specimens, is delimited based on previously published and new data on various Liomopterum spp. Two other Liomopteridae, Uralioma thuringiensis n. sp. and Liomopterites sperbersbachensis n. sp., each known from a single forewing, are also described. Finally, Cabarzopterum magnificus n. gen. n. sp., with unclear familial affinities, is described based on three forewings. The assemblages of grylloblattidan insects at Sperbersbach and Cabarz are generally similar, with differences probably related to different depositional environments and local paleoclimatic conditions.

Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Paleontological Society.
Yingying Cui, Stephan Brauner, Joerg W. Schneider, and Olivier Béthoux "Grylloblattidan insects from Sperbersbach and Cabarz (Germany), two new early Permian and insect-rich localities," Journal of Paleontology 96(2), 355-374, (11 April 2022). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2021.101
Accepted: 26 September 2021; Published: 11 April 2022
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