La Quebrada de la Chavela (Devonian of Argentina)

Where: San Juan, Argentina (29.9° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 66.1° S, 111.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Devonian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original cellulose, replaced with carbon

Collection methods: Museum repositories: Museo de La Plata, División Paleobotánica

Primary reference: C. A. Menéndez. 1965. Archaeosigillaria conferta (Frenguelli) nov. comb. del Devónico de la quebrada de la Chavela, San Juan. Ameghiniana IV(2):67-69 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151640: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Jessica Moreno on 09.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

Lycopsida
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Archaeosigillaria conferta Frenguelli 1954
nov. comb.