Also known as Dromedary Hill
Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.8° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 58.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Salamanca Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: delta front; sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: chemical
Primary reference: W. C. Clyde, P. Wilf, A., R. L. Slingerland, T. Barnum, P. K. Bijl, T. J. Bralower, H. Brinkhuis, E. E. Comer, B. T. Huber, M. B. R. Ibañez-Mejia Jicha, J. M. Krause, J. D. Schueth, B. S. Singer, M. S. Raigemborn, M. D. Schmitz, A. Sluijs and M. C. Zamaloa. 2014. New age constraints for the Salamanca Formation and lower Río Chico Group in the western San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction recovery and land mammal age correlations. Geological Society America Bulletin 126(3-4):289-306 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172887: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953 | |
Angiospermae | |
Tricolpites communis Archangelsky 1973 | |
Proteacidites "sp. A" Cookson and Couper 1953
Proteacidites "sp. B" Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
Peninsulapollis gillii Dettmann and Jarzen 1988 | |
Liliacidites vermireticulatus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
Liliacidites variegatus Couper 1953 | |
Proxapertites sp. Van der Hammen 1956 | |
Restioniidites pascualii Archangelsky 1973 | |
Podocarpidites rugulosus, Podocarpidites marwickii, Podocarpidites elegans, Microcachrydites antarcticus, Dacrydiumites praecupressinoides
Podocarpidites rugulosus Romero 1977 podocarp
Podocarpidites marwickii Couper 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites elegans Romero 1977 podocarp
Microcachrydites antarcticus podocarp
Dacrydiumites praecupressinoides podocarp | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rhoipites baculatus, "Tricolpites anguloluminosus" = Albertipollenites anguloluminosus, Psilatricolporites sp.
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
"Tricolpites anguloluminosus" = Albertipollenites anguloluminosus Archangelsky 1973
Psilatricolporites sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss | |
Pteridopsida | |
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus Couper 1953 | |
Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966 | |
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933 | |
Dictyophyllidites concavus Harris 1965 | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Prinsius dimorphosus Perch-Nielsen 1977 | |
Staurolithites sp. Caratini 1963
Zeugrhabdotus sigmoides Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 | |
Cruciplacolithus primus Perch-Nielsen 1977 | |
Cyclagelosphaera sp. Noël 1965 | |
Nephrolithus frequens Górka 1957 | |
Biscutum sp. Black 1959 | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Dinophyceae | |
Palaeocystodinium sp. Alberti 1961 | |
Cerodinium sp. Vozzhennikova 1963
Lentinia sp. Bujak et al. 1980
Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum Sarjeant 1967 | |
Senoniasphaera inornata Stover and Evitt 1978 | |
Tanyosphaeridium sp. Davey and Williams 1966 | |
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850 |