Quebrada Doña Inés Chica (Triassic of Chile)

Also known as Formación Quebrada del Salitre

Where: Chañaral, Chile (26.1° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° S, 34.0° W)

When: Quebrada del Salitre Formation, Triassic (251.9 - 201.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, muddy sandstone and unlithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. Herbst and A. Troncoso. 2012. La flora Triásica de la Quebrada Doña Inés Chica, Región de Atacama, Chile. Journal of Geoscience 8(2):55-66 [M. Rivadeneira/M. González Tejos/M. González Tejos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224049: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Matías González Tejos on 08.01.2022

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
cf. Rochipteris sp., Switzianthus sp.
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Dicroidium lancifolium, Dicroidium odontopteroides, Umkomasia sp.
Umkomasia sp. Thomas 1933
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Matatiellaceae
Matatiella suarezii
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum sp.
Pagiophyllum sp. Heer 1881
Pinopsida
 Pinales -
Heidiphyllum cf. elongatum
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum sp.
Pterophyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis cf. mesozoica
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Dictyophyllum tenuifolium
Dictyophyllum tenuifolium Stipanicic and Menendez 1949
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Neocalamites cf. carrerei
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites cachivaritensis
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera cf. steinmannii, Sphenobaiera cf. schenckii
  -
Linguifolium gracile, Linguifolium tenison