Melo (Permian to of Uruguay)

Also known as PGAP 13440

Where: Uruguay (32.4° S, 54.2° W: paleocoordinates 50.2° S, 37.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Melo Formation, Sakmarian to Sakmarian (293.5 - 272.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Age from Andreis et al., 1996

Primary reference: A. B. Zamuner. 1996. Araucarioxylon petriellae n.sp., una posible glossopteridal de la Formacion Melo (Permico Inferior), Uruguay. Ameghiniana 33(1):77-82 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30964: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 80. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Dictyopteridiopsida
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Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Glossopteris "sp. 2" Brongniart 1828
Vertebraria "sp. 1" Royle 1839
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae