Puerto Visser (Paleocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.4° S, 67.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° S, 56.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Salamanca Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collected by Plan Terciario Team - CONICET, UNLP, UNBA; reposited in the MLP

Primary reference: S. Archangelsky. 1973. Palinología del Paleoceno de Chubut. I. Descripciones Sistemáticas. Ameghiniana 10(4):339-399 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167921: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 07.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
  -
Restioniidites pascualii Archangelsky 1973
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites communis Archangelsky 1973
 Buxales -
Tuberculatosporites parvus Archangelsky 1972
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Pandaniidites sp. Elsik 1968
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites regularis Archangelsky 1973
Magnoliopsida
  -
Senipites tercrassata n. sp. Archangelsky 1973
Rousea patagonica Archangelsky 1973
Rhoipites minusculus Archangelsky 1973
Retitricolporites chubutensis n. sp. Archangelsky 1973
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites "sp. 1" Cookson 1947 podocarp
Podocarpidites marwickii Couper 1953 podocarp
Dacrycarpites cf. australiensis Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Dacrydiumites florinii Cookson and Pike 1953 podocarp
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
  - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites turbioensis Archangelsky 1972
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
  -
Biretisporites "sp. A" Delcourt et al. 1963
  - Gleicheniaceae
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
Pteridopsida
  -
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites patagonicus Archangelsky 1972