Taio municipality (Carboniferous of Brazil)

Where: Santa Catarina, Brazil (27.1° S, 50.0° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 36.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rio do Sul Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• Upper part of the Rio do Sul Formation, Itarare Subgroup.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

• Parana basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)

Primary reference: R. G. Martins-Neto, O. F. Gallego, C. Brauckmann and J. L. Cruz. 2007. A review of the South American Palaeozoic entomofauna part I: the Ischnoneuroidea and Cacurgoidea, with description of new taxa. African Invertebrates 48:87-101 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127044: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Eoblattida - Protophasmatidae
Taiophlebia niloriclasodae n. gen. n. sp. Martins-Neto 2007 insect