Where: Biobío, Chile (36.8° S, 71.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 62.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ligorio Márquez Formation, Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original cellulose
Collected by R. de la Cruz, M. Suárez, A. Troncoso
• Repositories: Colección Paleontológica del Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) with de acronym SNGM.
Primary reference: A. Troncoso, M. Suárez, R. Cruz and S. Palma-Heldt. 2002. Paleoflora de la Formación Ligorio Márquez (XI Región, Chile) en su localidad tipo: sistemática, edad e implicancias paleoclimáticas. Revista Geológica de Chile 29(1):113-135 [C. Jaramillo/J. Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152433: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Jessica Moreno on 21.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bignonia | |
aff. Bignonia gigantifolia Engelhardt 1891 | |
Podocarpus inopinatus Florin 1940 podocarp | |
Angiospermae | |
Cupania "grosse-serrata" Linnaeus 1753 soapberry | |
Lauraceae sp., Lauraceae "indet. 1", Lauraceae "indet. 2", Phoebe elliptica, "Notaphoebe neogaea" = Nothaphoebe, Cinnamomum "sp. 1", Cinnamomum "sp. 2", Cinnamomum "sp. 3", Cinnamomum "sp. 4", Nectandra sp., Nectandra patagonica, Nectandra prolifica, ? Persea sp., Goeppertia ovalifolia
Lauraceae "indet. 1" Jussieu 1789 laurel
Lauraceae "indet. 2" Jussieu 1789 laurel
Phoebe elliptica Engelhardt 1891 laurel
"Notaphoebe neogaea" = Nothaphoebe laurel
Cinnamomum "sp. 1" Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
Cinnamomum "sp. 2" Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
Cinnamomum "sp. 3" Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
Cinnamomum "sp. 4" Schaeffer 1760 cinnamon
Nectandra sp. Bergius 1767 laurel
Nectandra patagonica Berry 1925 laurel
Nectandra prolifica Berry 1938 laurel
? Persea sp. Gaertner 1805 laurel
Goeppertia ovalifolia Engelhardt 1891 laurel | |
cf. Daphnandra sp. Benth 1870 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrcia "reticulato-venosa" De Candolle 1828 myrtle | |
Camphoromoea | |
Camphoromoea speciosa Engelhardt 1891 |