Where: Jujuy, Argentina (24.3° S, 64.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° S, 53.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Maíz Gordo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, green shale
•The lake which formed the Maiz Gordo formation must have been very shallow because it has alternating lacustrine and partially exposed mudflat deposits
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2009. First Cordulephyidae dragonfly in America: A new genus and species from the Paleogene of Argentina (Insecta: Odonata). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8:385-388 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106995: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.03.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Palaeophya argentina n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeophya argentina n. gen. n. sp. Petrulevičius and Nel 2009 true dragonfly | |
Austrolibellula noroestenia n. gen. n. sp.2
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Librelula maradoniana n. gen. n. sp.1
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Promegalestes singularis n. gen. n. sp.3
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