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