Laguna del Hunco (MLP coll): Ypresian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonii indet.
Latreille 1800
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de Broin and de la Fuente 1993 | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| MLP collection (under study by R. Wood) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Frenguelliidae
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Frenguellia patagonica n. gen., n. sp.
Petrulevičius and Nel 2003
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 42.5° South, 70.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° South, 60.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified tuff | ||
| Lithology description: tuffaceous caldera-lake deposits | |||
| Environment: | crater lake | Tectonic setting: | volcanic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museo La Plata | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182917 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Clapham, E. Vlachos | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2016-11-28 14:37:56 | Last modified: | 2016-11-28 14:37:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-28 14:37:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37054. | J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2003. Frenguelliidae, a new family of dragonflies from the earliest Eocene of Argentina (Insecta: Odonata): phylogenetic relationships within Odonata. Journal of Natural History 37:2909-2917 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 42415 | F. de Broin and M. de la Fuente. 1993. Les tortues fossiles d'Argentine: synthese [The fossil turtles of Argentina: synthesis]. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertebrés-Vertebrés) 79(3):169-232 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] |