Also known as PL1

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.9° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 48.4° S, 58.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Salamanca Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, fine-grained, gray, muddy, sandy siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MEF

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Iglesias, P. Wilf, K. R. Johnson, A. B. Zamuner, N. R. Cúneo and S. D. Matheos. 2007. A Paleocene lowland macroflora from Patagonia reveals signifcantly greater richness than North American analogs. Geology 35(10):947-950 [P. Wilf/M. Donovan/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133752: authorized by Peter Wilf, entered by Mike Donovan on 27.09.2012, edited by Elena Stiles

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