MO2 (Perfil Monte Observación) (Oligocene to of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.2° S, 68.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 61.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Monte León Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene to Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, sandy lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Primary reference: V. Barreda and S. Palamarczuk. 2000. Palinomorfos continentales y marinos de la Formación Monte León en su área tipo, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(1):3-12 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142318: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 09.04.2013, edited by Patricio Santamarina

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Taxonomic list

Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Magnoliopsida
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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites atlantica Barreda 1997 willowherb
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
 Poales - Restionaceae
Milfordia argentina Barreda 1997
Mutisiapollis
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Quintiniapollis
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