Estancia "El Barón" (Permian of Uruguay)

Where: Uruguay (32.1° S, 53.9° W: paleocoordinates 50.2° S, 37.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mangrullo Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Member is correlated with Irati formation of Brasil which is thought to be Artinskian in age

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified shale

• "…represent the moment of maximum regression...shallow water environment with a great coastal influence can be inferred…unknown salinity…complete lack of marine elements…flora corresponding to arid climatic conditions." Pinto et al., 2000

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by G. Piñeiro & M. Verde

• Specimens kept in the Fossil Invertebrates Collection (FCDPI) of the Palontology Department of the Facultad de Ciencias, Univerdidad de la República del Uruguay

Primary reference: I. D. Pinto, G. Piñeiro, and M. Verde. 2000. First Permian insects from Uruguay. Pesquisas 27(1):89-96 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124521: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 17.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattaria -
Barona arcuata n. gen. n. sp.
Barona arcuata n. gen. n. sp. Calisto and Piñeiro 2019 cockroach
FC-DPI 8710
 Plecoptera - Perlapsocidae
Perlapsocus formosoi n. gen. n. sp.
Perlapsocus formosoi n. gen. n. sp. Pinto and Piñeiro 2000 stonefly
FC-DPI 3282
 Hemiptera - Cicadopsyllidae
Paracicadopsis mendezalzolai n. gen. n. sp. Pinto and Piñeiro 2000 true bug
FC-DPI 3283