Pozo Puerto Belgrano N° 20 sample 503 (Paleocene of Argentina)

Also known as Pedro Luro Fm.

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.9° S, 62.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 50.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pedro Luro Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green claystone

• Depth: 796.5-796.6 mts. from the entrance of the well.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

Primary reference: L. C. Ruiz and M. E. Quattrocchio. 1997. Estudio Palinológico de la Formación Pedro Luro (?Maastrichtiano-Paleoceno) en la Cuenca del Colorado, República Argentina. Parte 1: Esporas triletes, Laevigati, Murornati, Tricassati, Cingulati y Zonati. Revista Española de Micropaleontología 29(1):13-29 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168423: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Pteridopsida
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Angiospermae
 Santalales -
Anacolosidites diffusa Archangelsky 1973
Magnoliopsida
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Rhoipites "sp. A" Wodehouse 1933
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Rhoipites minusculus Archangelsky 1973
Verrustephanoporites simplex Leidelmeyer 1966
Retitricolporites chubutensis Archangelsky 1973