Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
The specific epithet immortalis (Latin: immortal, deathless) refers to the presence of this Agathis species just 2 Myr after the biotic crisis at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
Full reference: I. H. Escapa, A. Iglesias, P. Wilf, A. Santiago Catalano, M. A. Caraballo-Ortiz and N. R. Cúneo. 2018. Agathis trees of Patagonia’s Cretaceous-Paleogene death landscapes and their evolutionary significance. American Journal of Botany 105(8):1345-1368
Belongs to Agathis according to E. Stiles et al. 2020
See also Escapa et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-Pb-5867, a multi organs (Leaves, pollen cones, ovuliferous complexes, seeds). Its type locality is Palacio de los Loros 2, which is in a Danian fluvial siliciclastic in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Palacio de los Loros 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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