São Pedro da Cova (Loureiro collection) (Carboniferous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (41.2° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian C (301.0 - 300.4 Ma)

• Lower Stephanian C

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, gray shale

• Douro-Beira trough. Pull-apart basin, controlled by the sinistral shear activity of the Douro-Beira Carboniferous Trough after the upper Westphalian D.
• Light gray shales, relatively compact, laminated

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of J. Loureiro

Primary reference: J. P. Loureiro, P. Correia, A. Nel and A. Pinto De Jesus. 2010. Lusitaneura covensis n. gen., n. sp., first Caloneurodea from the Carboniferous of Portugal (Insecta: Pterygota: Panorthoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:242-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103240: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Caloneurodea -
Lusitaneura covensis n. gen. n. sp.
Lusitaneura covensis n. gen. n. sp. Loureiro et al. 2010 winged insect
In private collection of J. Loureiro