Where: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (52.9° S, 68.4° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° S, 58.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cullen Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• Eight samples were collected from the 2m thick unit described as "level c" in the outcrop section described by Codignotto and Malumia (1981).
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, silty, sandy sandstone
Size class: microfossils
• Spores and Pollen
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collected by Dr. Jorge Codignotto
Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric
• Slides are housed in the palyno- logical collection of the Departamento de Ciencias Biol6gicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Uni- versidadde Buenos Aires, under the sigle BAFCB p.m.
Primary reference: M. C. Zamaloa. 1992. A new species of Nothofagidites, N. americanus, from Patagonia and Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (72)49-53 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153449: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 18.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Nothofagidites americanus Zamaloa 1992 |