Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.3° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 42.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)
• Serie del Castillo
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original cellulose
Collected by di Persia & Suero
Primary reference: C. A. Menéndez. 1959. Flora cretacica de la serie del Castillo al S del Cerro Cachetaman, Chubut. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina XIV(3-4):219-238 [C. Jaramillo/J. Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153393: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Jessica Moreno on 13.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
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Araliaephyllum cachetamanense n. sp. Menéndez 1959 | |
Bignonites chalianus Berry 1937 trumpet vine | |
Laurophyllum hickenii n. sp. Menéndez 1959 laurel
Laurophyllum kurtzi Berry 1937 laurel
Laurophyllum proteaefolium Menéndez 1959 laurel | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Dryopterites problematicus Berry 1937 | |
Gleichenites sp. Göppert 1836 | |
Cycadopsida | |
"Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia
"Nilssonia sp." = Nilsonia Brongniart 1825 cycads | |
Ruprechtia | |
? Ruprechtia castilloensis n. sp.
? Ruprechtia castilloensis n. sp. Menéndez 1959 |