Also known as Cerro Colorado
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: deltaic; lithology not reported
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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172890: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Equisetopsida | |
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Classopollis spp. Pflug 1953 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Nothofagidites saraensis Menendez and Caccavari 1975 | |
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Polypodiidites speciosus Archangelsky 1972 | |
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Proteacidites "sp. A" Cookson and Couper 1953
Proteacidites "sp. B" Cookson and Couper 1953
Proteacidites "sp. C" Cookson and Couper 1953 | |
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Triatriopollenites lateflexus Archangelsky 1973
Peninsulapollis gillii Dettmann and Jarzen 1988 | |
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Arecipites minutiscabratus Mc Intyre 1968 palm | |
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Proxapertites sp. Van der Hammen 1956 | |
| Dicotyledoneae | |
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Myrtaceidites sp. Cookson and Pike 1960 | |
Podocarpidites rugulosus, Podocarpidites elegans, Phyllocladidites mawsonii, Microcachrydites antarcticus, Dacrydiumites praecupressinoides
Podocarpidites rugulosus Romero 1977 podocarp
Podocarpidites elegans Romero 1977 podocarp
Phyllocladidites mawsonii Cookson 1947 podocarp
Microcachrydites antarcticus podocarp
Dacrydiumites praecupressinoides podocarp | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Senipites tercrassata Archangelsky 1973
Rousea microreticulata Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986 | |
| Lycopodiopsida | |
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Ceratosporites equalis Cookson and Dettmann 1958 clubmoss | |
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Retitriletes austroclavatidites Döring et al. 1963 clubmoss | |
| Bryopsida | |
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Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963 | |
| Cingutriletes | |
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Cingutriletes australis Archangelsky 1972 | |
| Pteridopsida | |
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Cyathidites minor Couper 1953 | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
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Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
Trichotomosulcites subgranulatus Couper 1953 | |
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Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966 | |
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Dictyophyllidites concavus Harris 1965 | |