Laguna del Hunco (MPEF collection): Ypresian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae
Huncoaeshna corrugata n. gen., n. sp. Petrulevičius et al. 2010
Petrulevičius et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PI 1002 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Frenguelliidae
Frenguellia iglesiasi n. sp. Petrulevičius and Nel 2013
Petrulevičius and Nel 2013 1 specimen
MPEF-PI 1006 (1 measurement)
Frenguellia patagonica n. gen., n. sp. Petrulevičius and Nel 2003
Petrulevičius and Nel 2003 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Austroperilestidae
Austroperilestes hunco n. gen., n. sp. Petrulevičius and Nel 2005
1 specimen
MPEF-PI 997 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera
Chinchekoala qunita n. gen., n. sp. Petrulevičius 2016
Petrulevičius 2016 1 specimen
MPEF-PI 944 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Mecoptera - Panorpodidae
Austropanorpodes gennaken n. gen., n. sp. Petrulevičius 2009
Petrulevičius 2009 1 specimen
MPEF-PI 998 (plant localty 6, 29.75 m from base of section) (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 42.5° South, 70.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° South, 60.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian
Age range of interval: 56 - 47.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: middle Chubut River volcanic-pyroclastic complex. Ar-Ar dates between 52.84 and 51.91 Ma in Wilf et al. (2005), assigned to magnetic chron C23n.2r, C23n.2n, and C23n.1r.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified tuff
Lithology description: tuffaceous caldera-lake deposits
Environment:crater lake Tectonic setting:volcanic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio collection
Metadata
Database number:75178
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2007-09-25 13:02:28 Last modified:2016-11-28 14:36:58
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-25 13:02:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25374. J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2005. Austroperilestidae, a new family of damselflies from early Eocene of Argentina (Insecta: Odonata). Phylogenetic relationships within Odonata. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):658-662 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

61026 J. Petrulevičius. 2016. A new pentatomoid bug from the Ypresian of Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61:863-868 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46173 J. F. Petrulevičius. 2009. A panorpoid (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the lower Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 83:994-997 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37054 J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2003. Frenguelliidae, a new family of dragonflies from the earliest Eocene of Argentina (Insecta: Odonata): phylogenetic relationships within Odonata. Journal of Natural History 37:2909-2917 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
36712 J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2007. Enigmatic and little known Odonata (Insecta) from the Paleogene of Patagonia and Northwest Argentina. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 43(3):341-347 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Clapham]
34865 J. F. Petrulevičius, A. Nel, and J. F. Voisin. 2010. A new genus and species of darner dragonfly (Aeshnidae: Odonata) from the lower Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:271-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48709 J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2013. A new Frenguelliidae (Insecta: Odonata) from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3616:597-600 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]