The first benthic insects (Ephemeroptera and Coleoptera) from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia

Andrés Alfonso-Rojas; Edwin Alberto Cadena

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105116

The first benthic insects (Ephemeroptera and Coleoptera) from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia

Título traducido de la contribución: Los primeros insectos bentónicos (Ephemeroptera y Coleoptera) del Cretácico Superior de Colombia

Andrés Alfonso-Rojas, Edwin Alberto Cadena

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El registro fósil de insectos del Cretácico Superior en el norte de América del Sur es casi desconocido. Aquí describimos dos insectos fósiles de la Formación Chipaque (Cenomaniano Santoniense), del centro de Colombia, que representan el primer registro fósil de artrópodos para el Cretácico Superior de Colombia, y el primer registro fósil de una efímera y un escarabajo para el norte de Sudamérica. Aunque los especímenes carecen de características anatómicas clave para una identificación taxonómica de alta resolución, pudimos atribuir uno de los especímenes a Ephemeroptera y un segundo espécimen a Coleoptera. Este hallazgo de fósiles abre la posibilidad de futuros descubrimientos de fósiles de insectos adicionales en secuencias de rocas del norte de América del Sur que podrían llenar el extenso vacío que existe en este campo paleontológico.

Título traducido de la contribución	Los primeros insectos bentónicos (Ephemeroptera y Coleoptera) del Cretácico Superior de Colombia
Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Número de artículo	105116
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1
Número de páginas	6
Publicación	Cretaceous Research
Volumen	132
N.º	N/A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105116
Estado	Publicación electrónica previa a su impresión - dic. 10 2021

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