Nivel 5 (Oligocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.5° S, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 53.2° S, 63.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• El nivel 5 pertenece a la Sección B, la cual se puede separar en tres niveles principales: inferior, medio y superior

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified, gray siltstone

• 200 metros de areniscas y arcillolitas

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original cellulose

Collected by Brandmayr

Primary reference: J. Frenguelli. 1941. Nuevos elementos florísticos del Magellaniano de Patagonia Austral. Notas del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología VI(30):173-210 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141997: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 04.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Doliocarpus oblongifolia, Thouinia philippii
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Persea cf. microphylla, Oreodaphne sp.
Oreodaphne sp. Nees 1833 laurel
 Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Hydrangeiphyllum affine
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus subferruginea
Fagus subferruginea Dusen 1899 beech
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Pecopteris buhsei
Pecopteris buhsei Engelhardt 1891
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteris (Eupteris) sp., Dryopteris sp.
Pteris (Eupteris) sp. Linnaeus 1753
Dryopteris sp. Adanson 1763
cf. Filicites sp. 2, Berry 1928
Camphoromoea
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Camphoromoea speciosa
Camphoromoea speciosa Engelhardt 1891