Also known as Pedro Luro Fm.
Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.9° S, 62.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 50.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pedro Luro Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray 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 168428: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970
Achradosporis sp. Srivastava 1975 | |
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ephedripites sp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958 | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 | |
| Psilatricolpites | |
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Psilatricolpites patagonicus Freile 1972 | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Rhoipites "sp. A" Wodehouse 1933
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Verrustephanoporites simplex Leidelmeyer 1966
Ailanthipites sp. Wodehouse 1933 | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae" Ventenant 1799 | |
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Podocarpidites marwickii Couper 1953 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp | |