Rither street, Quito: Late Pleistocene, Ecuador
collected by M. Zunino 1986
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Phanaeus violetae n. sp.
Zunino 2013
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1 specimen | ||||||
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unclassified
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Geography
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | 0.2° South, 78.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cangahua |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | M. Zunino | Collection dates: | 1986 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museo de Historia Natural “Gustavo Orces V.”, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 178693 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2016-05-11 21:44:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-11 21:44:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59128. | M. Zunino. 2013. The first dung beetle retrieved from Coprinisphaeridae ichnofossils: Phanaeus violetae n. sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from Ecuadorian cangahua balls. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 29:219-226 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |