Cantera cardenal FL2: Danian, Argentina
collected 1999 - 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Arecaceae indet. leaf
von Berchtold and Presl 1820
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Brea et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Magnoliopsida indet. leaf
Cronquist et al. 1996
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Brea et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| Three morphotypes | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° South, 66.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° South, 55.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | Foram zone: | P1c |
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Salamanca | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age-range between the foraminiferal zone P1c (Upper Danian) and the Danian-Selandian boundary (61.7 ± 0.2Ma); in Brea et al, 2011. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | "cross stratification",bioturbation,fine,medium sandstone |
| Lithology description: This outcrop is approximately 30 m thick and consists of clastic and carbonatic sediments related to a transgressive marine. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,permineralized,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,peel or thin section |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MEF | Collection dates: | 1999 - 2004 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bosque Petrificado Ameghino | ||
| Database number: | 168706 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Jaramillo |
| Modifier: | C. Jaramillo | ||
| Created: | 2015-04-27 14:00:55 | Last modified: | 2015-04-27 14:07:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-27 14:00:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55171. | M. Brea, S. D. Matheos, M. S. Raigemborn, A. Iglesias, A. F. Zucol and M. Prámparo. 2007. Aspectos Paleoecológicos y Paleoambientales del Bosque Petrificado Ameghino (Daniano), Chubut, Argentina. In E. Díaz-Martínez & I. Rábano (ed.), 4th European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 8:45-50 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo] |
Secondary references:
| 55172 | M. Brea, S. D. Matheos, M. S. Raigemborn, A. Iglesias, A. F. Zucol and M. Prámparo. 2011. Paleoecology and paleoenvironments of Podocarp trees in the Ameghino Petrified forest (Golfo San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina): Constraints for Early Paleogene paleoclimate. Geologica Acta 9(1):13-28 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen] |