Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.5° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 60.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Ar-Ar dates between 52.84 and 51.91 Ma in Wilf et al. (2005), assigned to magnetic chron C23n.2r, C23n.2n, and C23n.1r.
Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by J. Powell
• Repository: Paleontologia Invertebrados Lillo, Instituto Miguel Lillo
Primary reference: P. Fidalgo and D. R. Smith. 1987. A fossil Siricidae (Hymenoptera) from Argentina. Entomological News 98:63-66 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 151963: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Urocerus patagonicus n. sp.
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