Pozo T-137, nivel 170 m. (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

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
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites dorotensis n. sp. Romero 1973
Nothofagidites sp. 2, in Archangelsky & Romero, 1974.