Valle de las Delicias, near El Indio & Cerro Wencelao: Capitanian, Mexico
collected by R. E. King

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hemiptera - Scytinopteridae
1 specimen
YPM 15235 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Coahuila
Coordinates: 26.4° North, 102.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.9° North, 31.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Capitanian
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 259.51 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Difunta
Stratigraphy comments: Hanieloceras zone, upper member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,black lithified calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: "Specimen collected in a hard, black, calcareous concretion in a black shale…"
Environment:coastal indet. Tectonic setting:forearc basin
Geology comments: "…the whole sequence suggesting shallow-water near-shore conditions of deposition."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:YPM
Collectors:R. E. King
Metadata
Database number:123967
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-03 19:45:21 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-03 19:45:21
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
39921. F. M. Carpenter and A. K. Miller. 1937. A Permian insect from Coahuila, Mexico. The American Journal of Science, Fifth Series 34:125-127 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]