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Discovery of the Earliest Winged Insects from the Carboniferous: A New Megasecopteran Species and the Ecology of Paleozoic Insects

Mar 14
4 min read

Updated: Apr 10

A dry and desolate plateau in modern Argentina once formed part of a dynamic ancient basin more than 320 million years ago. During that time, rivers, lakes, and glaciers alternated across the landscape. This region, known today as the Paganzo Basin, accumulated sedimentary deposits reaching a thickness of nearly 4,500 meters and preserves geological records of rhythmic glacial and interglacial cycles during the Late Paleozoic ice age.

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