Estancia El Salitral Plant Formation (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.5° S, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 37.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Springhill Formation, Early/Lower Cretaceous (145.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• Enviornmental information from PBDB Ref 6712 Cortinas 1981
• Lithology information from Ref 6712 Cortinas 1981

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original carbon

Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,

Primary reference: A. M. Baldoni and T. N. Taylor. 1983. Plant remains from a new Cretaceous site in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 39:301-311 [H. Sims/H. Lindon/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20926: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Heather Lindon on 12.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum sp.
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
 Bennettitales -
Ptilophyllum angustus n. sp., Otozamites archangelskyi n. sp.
Otozamites archangelskyi n. sp. Baldoni and Taylor 1983