Where: Zimbabwe (18.1° S, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 64.1° S, 19.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cycle 3 Member (Dwyka Formation), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Cycle 3, right at the top of the Dwyka succession
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the BSP
• Specimen kept in the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research
Primary reference: E. F. Riek. 1974. A fossil insect from the Dwyka Series of Rhodesia. Palaeontologia Africana 17:15-17 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125144: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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