Kenmoore Farm: Artinskian, South Africa
collected by Lindsay Firm
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Permocupedidae
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Afrocupes firmae n. gen., n. sp.
Geertsema and van den Heever 1996
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USP 1 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° South, 19.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 59.6° South, 52.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Artinskian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Artinskian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 290.1 - 283.3 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white lithified carbonaceous "shale" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Lindsay Firm |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 156986 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-06-03 11:17:27 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-06-03 11:17:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51431. | H. Geertsema and J. A. van den Heever. 1996. A new beetle, Afrocupes firmae gen. et sp. nov. (Permocupedidae), from the late Palaeozoic Whitehill Formation of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 92:497-499 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |