Where: West Cape, South Africa (33.2° S, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 60.2° S, 42.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Whitehill Formation (Ecca Group), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by McLachlan, Anderson in 1975
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Repository: Bernard Price Institute
Primary reference: I. R. McLachlan and A. M. Anderson. 1977. Fossil insect wings from the Early Permian White Band Formation, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 20:83-86 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117279: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.09.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Afrochoristella maclachlani n. gen. n. sp.
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