Fonseca village, Rio Piracicaba, Alvinopolis municipality: Priabonian, Brazil
collected by Elias Dolianiti <1944

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae
1 specimen
DGAP 3904; Mastotermitidae in Costa Lima, 1944 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 20.2° South, 43.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.3° South, 33.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fonseca
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Most sources assign an Eocene age, but some say Priabonian/Rupelian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "shale"
Environment:lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Elias Dolianiti Collection dates:<1944
Collection method comments: Repository: Divisao de Geologica, Avenida Pasteur 404, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Metadata
Database number:154945
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2014-03-22 11:32:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-22 11:32:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
37353. A. E. Emerson. 1965. A review of the Mastotermitidae (Isoptera), including a new fossil genus from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2236:1-46 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]