Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.8° S, 62.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° S, 50.4° W)
When: Pedro Luro Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, green, sandy claystone
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 168426: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Psilatricolpites | |
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Psilatricolpites patagonicus Freile 1972 | |
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Podocarpidites marwickii Couper 1953 podocarp | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Verrustephanoporites simplex Leidelmeyer 1966
Retitricolporites chubutensis Archangelsky 1973 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Anacolosidites diffusa Archangelsky 1973 | |
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Tricolpites reticulata Cookson 1947 | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Monosulcites minutiscabratus McIntyre 1968 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970 | |