Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.8° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 58.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Salamanquense Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Restos de madera encontrados en los depósitos del Salamanqueano, a unos 14 m sobre los límites entre el Salamanqueano y los subyacentes depósitos continentales del Chubutiano. En el Cerro Abigarrado (Cuenca de Sarmiento), 1935. Abril.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: permineralized, original cellulose, replaced with silica
Collected by Dr. Feruglio & Ing. Brandmayr in Abril. 1935; reposited in the MLP
Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: E. J. Romero. 1968. Palmoxylon patagonicum n. sp. del Terciario inferior de la provincia de Chubut, Argentina. Ameghiniana V(10):417-432 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/J. Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138378: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 16.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Palmoxylon patagonicum n. sp.
Palmoxylon patagonicum n. sp. Romero 1968 palm |