Also known as Cerro Cacheuta, Minas de Petroleo
Where: Argentina (33.1° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° S, 34.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Potrerillos Formation (Uspallata Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Upper Section of the Potrerillos Formation
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, yellow shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: MCNAM-PI (Palaeoinvertebrate collection, Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas “Juan Cornelio Moyano”, Mendoza)
Primary reference: O. F. Gallego, L. O. Rébori, A. M. Zavattieri, N. Sinitshenkova, M. B. Lara and R. G. Martins-Neto. 2011. The most ancient Platyperlidae (Insecta, Perlida=Plecoptera) from early Late Triassic deposits in southern South America. Ameghiniana 48:447-461 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151962: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Platyperla marquati n. sp.
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Potrerilloxyela menendezi n. gen. n. sp.
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