- Source: Gehrener Formation
The Gehrener Schichten (German for Gehren Formation) is a geologic formation in Germany. The fluvial to lacustrine shales preserve fossils dating back to the Late Carboniferous period (Stephanian C in European stratigraphy or Gzhelian in international stratigraphy).
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:
Insects
Protelytroptera
Blattocoleidae
Blattocoleus tillyari
Blattodea
Mylacridae
Opsiomylacris (Opsiomylacris) densistriata
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
References
= Bibliography
=Müller, A.H (1975), "Zur Entomofauna des Permokarbon: 1. Mylacridae (Blattodea) aus dem Unterrotliegenden (Unterperm, Autun) von Thüringen", Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften, 3: 621–641
Zeuner, F (1933), "Die Stammesgeschichte der Käfer. Uher die Beziehungen der Form der Organe zu ihrer Funktion I", Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 15: 280–311, doi:10.1007/BF03041657