A new libelluloid family from the Upper Paleocene of Argentina

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PETRULEVICIUS, J. F., NEL, A., MUZÓN, J. 1999. A new libelluloid family from the Upper Paleocene of Argentina. Palaeontology42, 4, 677–682.

Julián F. Petrulevicius, André Nel and Javier Muzón A new family of dragonflies, Palaeomacromiidae, based on Palaeomacromia multicellulata gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Late Paleocene Maiz Gordo Formation of north-western Argentina. The present discovery demonstrates that the present knowledge of the Early Cenozoic insect fauna of the Neotropical region remains very poor. Wiley Online Library