Bajo de la Leona (Permian of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.1° S, 67.2° W: paleocoordinates 56.1° S, 59.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected in 1957

Primary reference: S. Archangelsky. 1957. Sobre la flora de Glossopteris del Bajo de la Leona, Santa Cruz, Patagonia. Ameghiniana 57(3):42-43 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211313: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.07.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Dictyopteridiopsida
  -
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
"Gangamopteris obovata" = Glossopteris obovata Carruthers 1869
Glossopteris browniana Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris stricta Bunbury 1861
Glossopteris damudica Feistmantel 1879
Glossopteris decipiens Feistmantel 1879
Glossopteris stipanicicii n. sp. Archangelsky 1957
Glossopteris indica Schimper 1869
Glossopteris conspicua Feistmantel 1880
Glossopteris retifera Feistmantel 1880
 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris polymorpha Feistmantel 1876
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
 Equisetidae - Equisetidae
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa
"Sphenophyllum speciosum" = Trizygia speciosa Royle 1840
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Annularia sp. Sternberg 1821
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Cordaites hislopi Bunbury 1878
Megistophyllum leanzai
  -
Megistophyllum leanzai n. gen. n. sp.
Megistophyllum leanzai n. gen. n. sp. Archangelsky 1957