Near Aiuruoca municipality: Rupelian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Mycetophilidae
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Cenomycetophila mineira n. gen., n. sp.
Martins-Neto 2001
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UnG/1T-108 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
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Aiuruocatermes piovezanae n. gen., n. sp.
Martins-Neto and Pesenti 2006
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Martins-Neto and Pesenti 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UnG/1T-045 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Minas Gerais |
| Coordinates: | 22.0° South, 44.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.5° South, 36.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Entre-Córregos |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,micaceous lithified "shale" | ||
| Lithology description: The shale founded the fossils presents millimetric and centimetric laminations, with detritic mica. Its colour pattern is generally grey, but varies from brown to greenish grey. | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: University of Guarulhos Paleontological Collection (UnG) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 156168 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-05-11 19:54:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-11 19:54:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54711. | R. G. Martins-Neto. 2001. Review of some Insecta from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Brazilian deposits with descriptions of new taxa. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 24(52/53):115-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 51146 | R. G. Martins-Neto and M. Pesenti. 2006. The first fossil Termitidae (Isoptera) from the Oligocene of South America: the Entre-Córregos Formation of the Aiuruoca Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 8(3):63-68 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |