Pozo Ombucta I - sample 506 (Paleocene of Argentina)

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

• Depth: 970 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 168428: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Psilatricolpites
  -
Pteridopsida
  -
Achradosporis sp. Srivastava 1975
Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Ephedripites sp. Bolkhovitina and Potonié 1958
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales -
Myrtaceidites mesonesus Cookson and Pike 1954
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Podocarpidites marwickii Couper 1953 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
  -
Rhoipites "sp. A" Wodehouse 1933
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Verrustephanoporites simplex Leidelmeyer 1966
Ailanthipites sp. Wodehouse 1933