Where: Argentina (40.7° S, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° S, 61.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ventana Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Peter Smekal
• Repository: Servicio Geologico Nacional, Asociacion Paleontologica Nireco, San Carlos de Bariloche
Primary reference: E. Rossi de Garcia. 1983. Insectos fosiles en la Formacion Vetana (Eoceno). Provincia de Neuquen. Asociación Geológica Argentina, Revista 38:17-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138697: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Stratiomyidae indet. Latreille 1802 soldier fly | |
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? Atalophlebia "sp. A" Eaton 1881 mayfly | |
"Polanskiella smekali n. gen. n. sp." = Archimyrmex smekali
"Polanskiella smekali n. gen. n. sp." = Archimyrmex smekali Rossi de Garcia 1983 bulldog ant Counterpart of lectotype is NHMW 1972/1574/9
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