Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.5° S, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 52.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Margas Verdes Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Formation also called Maiz Gordo & Sunchal
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, green, muddy mudstone and calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by T.D.A. Cockerell & Wife in 1923
Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1925. Tertiary Fossil Insects from Argentina. Nature 116(2924):711-712 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 110425: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 07.06.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hypocixius oblitescens n. gen. n. sp.2
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Gryllidae "indet. 5"4 Laicharting 1781 true crickets BMNH In. 35836 (from same locality as G. vociferans)
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"Psalis pachyura n. sp." = Carcinophora pachyura
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Chrysomelites danielis n. sp.1
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Cerambycites wilmattae n. sp.
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Curculionites megastictus n. sp.3, Curculionites epistictus n. sp.3, Curculionites latiusculus n. sp.3, Curculionites eustictus n. sp.3, Curculionites microstictus n. sp.3, Curculionites angustior n. sp.3
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Carabites schueli n. sp.1
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