Also known as Cerro Dorotea Fm.
Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.6° S, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 53.6° S, 62.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cerro Dorotea Formation, Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 61.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous claystone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by S. Archangelsky, J. C. Gamerro, E. J. Romero
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric
Primary reference: E. J. Romero. 1973. Polen Fósil de Nothofagus (Nothofagidites) del Cretácico y Paleoceno de Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata (nueva serie), sección Paleontología 7(47):291-303 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167872: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 05.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Nothofagidites cf. waipawensis Couper 1960
Nothofagidites kaitangata Te Punga 1948 |