A new Triassic insect fauna from Cerro Bayo, Potrerillos (Mendoza Province, Argentina) with descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Blattoptera and Coleoptera)

• Published in: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Martins Neto, Rafael Gioia, Gallego, Oscar Florencio, Zavattieri, Ana Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Triassic Insect; Argentina; Potrerillos Formation; Blattoptera; Coleptera; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Nordeste; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/43475

This contribution describes new fossil insect taxa from the early Late Triassic Potrerillos Formation (lower section), at quebrada del puente, Cerro Bayo, Mendoza Province, Argentina. A new family, three new genera, and four new species of Blattoptera are described: Anablatta compacta gen. et sp. no...