Roca Blanca (Jurassic of Argentina)

Also known as PGAP 508

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (48.0° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 23.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Roca Blanca Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Herbst. 1965. La flora fosil de la Formacion Roca Blanca, Provincia Santa Cruz, Patagonia, con consideraciones geologicas y estratigraficas. Opera Lilloana 12:1-101 [A. Rees/A. Rees/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29393: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003, edited by Bethany Allen and Elena Stiles

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Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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Amphibia
 Salientia -
Vieraella herbstii n. gen. n. sp.1
Vieraella herbstii n. gen. n. sp.1 Reig 1961 frog
Pteridopsida
 Filicales -
Rhizomopteris "sp. 1"
Rhizomopteris "sp. 1" Schimper 1869
Polypodiopsida
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Thaumatopteris "sp. 1"
Thaumatopteris "sp. 1" Goeppert 1841
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1"
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
  - Polypodiaceae
Clathropteris "sp. 1"
Clathropteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1"
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
 Bennettitales -
Otozamites "sp. 1"
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris "sp. 1"
 Ginkgoales -
Baieroxylon implexum2
Baieroxylon implexum2 Zimmermann 1953
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum "sp. 1", Brachyphyllum "sp. 1"
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Spiropteris
  -
Spiropteris "sp. 1"
Spiropteris "sp. 1" Schimper 1869
1Benton 1997; 2Gnaedinger 2012