Estancia San José (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Monte Chico Fm.

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.6° S, 72.4° W: paleocoordinates 53.4° S, 62.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Monte Chico Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; fine-grained, medium, gray, green, calcareous sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• Repository: MPM-MP, Museo Regional Provincial “Padre Manuel Jesús Molina”, Río Gallegos, Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Primary reference: L. Povilauskas. 2013. Palinología de Angiospermas de la Formación Monte Chico (Cretácico Superior) de la Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16(1):115-126 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168710: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Psilatricolpites
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Psilatricolpites "sp. 1" Van der Hammen and Wijmstra 1964
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites saraensis Menendez and Caccavari 1975
Nothofagidites nana Romero 1977
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "sp. 1" Couper 1953
Tricolpites "sp. 2" Couper 1953
Tricolpites bibaculatus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
 Proteales - Proteaceae
 Proteales -
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilexpollenites salamanquensis Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites cf. regularis Archangelsky 1973
Liliacidites vermireticulatus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites patagonicus Archangelsky 1973 palm
Arecipites minutiscabratus Mc Intyre 1968 palm
Spinizonocolpites hialinus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986 palm
 Arecales -
Clavamonocolpites "sp. 1" González-Guzmán 1967
 Poales - Typhaceae
 Canellales -
Pseudowinterapollis couperi Mildenhall 1979 magnoliids
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965 heather
Magnoliopsida
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Tricolporites "sp. 1" Cookson 1947
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Rhoipites minusculus Archangelsky 1973
Senipites tercrassata Archangelsky 1973
Quadraplanus brossus Stover and Partridge 1973
Rousea patagonica Archangelsky 1973
Rousea microreticulata Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
Clavatricolpites "sp. 1" van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
Forcipites "sp. A" Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
Forcipites sabulosus Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
Psilatricolporites cf. salamanquensis Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986