P - 15 (Eocene of Argentina)

Also known as Estancia La Primavera

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.5° S, 72.2° W: paleocoordinates 54.0° S, 62.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Río Turbio Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Reposited in the MLP

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

Primary reference: S. Archangelsky. 1972. Esporas de la Formación Río Turbio (Eoceno), Provincia de Santa Cruz. Revista del Museo de la Plata (nueva serie), Sección Paleontología 6(39):65-100 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167900: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 06.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
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  - Osmundaceae
  - Gleicheniaceae
  - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites densus n. sp. Archangelsky 1972
Peromonolites sp. Couper 1953
  - Dicksoniaceae
Trilites parvallatus Krutzsch 1959
Trilites fasolae Archangelsky 1972
Pteridopsida
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Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Corrugatisporites
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Corrugatisporites argentinus Archangelsky 1972
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae