Fonseca village (UERJ collection): Priabonian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
1 specimen
DBAV-UERJ 88-91Pb (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
Stratigraphy comments: Most sources assign an Eocene age, but some say Priabonian/Rupelian. Whitish shales, under the bituminous shales.
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
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (DBAV-UERJ)
Metadata
Database number:167551
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-03-23 23:53:21 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-03-23 23:53:21
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]