Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (29.7° S, 53.8° W: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 18.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Santa Maria Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• "insects found in lower part of formation" bottom 2.2 m

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D. Cargnin

Primary reference: I. D. Pinto and L. P. de Ornellas. 1974. A new insect Triassoblatta cargnini Pinto et Ornellas, sp. nov., a Triassic Blattoid from Santa Maria Formation, South Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 46(3/4):515-521 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117269: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.09.2011

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