Cañadón Hondo + 10 feet higher (Eocene to of Argentina)

Also known as Field number 455 A

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.6° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° S, 58.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmiento Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original cellulose

Collected by Scarritt Patagonian Expedition in November, 1931

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1932. Fossil plants from Chubut territory collected by the Scarritt Patagonian Expedition. American Museum Novitates (536)1-10 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141246: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 22.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Proteales - Proteaceae