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; red, sandy siltstone
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 168431: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 22.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida | |
Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis classoides Pflug 1953 | |
Mtchedlishvilia | |
Mtchedlishvilia saltenia Moroni 1984 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Retitricolporites chubutensis Archangelsky 1973 | |
Angiospermae | |
Chenopodiaceae "Amaranthaceae" Ventenant 1799 |