Microflora del Neosinemuriano, final del arroyo Lapa (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.4° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° S, 28.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty siltstone and lithified, sandy sandstone

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: W. Volkheimer. 1971. Algunos adelantos de la microbioestratigrafía del Jurásico en la Argentina y comparación con otras regiones del Hemisferio Austral. Ameghiniana VIII(3 - 4):341-355 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 151448: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 03.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

Punctatisporites
  -
Perinopollenites elatoides
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Alisporites
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Alisporites "sp." Daugherty 1941
Concavisporites
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Pteridopsida
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Todisporites minor Couper 1953
Todisporites major Couper 1953
Osmundacidites "sp." Couper 1953
Deltoidospora minor Pocock 1970
Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Peromonolites "sp." Couper 1953
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Verrucosisporites "sp. E" Potonie and Kremp 1954
  - Osmundaceae
Rugulatisporites "sp." Pflug and Thomson 1953
Baculatisporites "sp." Thomson and Pflug 1953
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites "sp. C" Dettmann 1963
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Alsophilidites "sp." Cookson scaly tree fern
Auritulinasporites
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 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpidites ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Nevesisporites vallatus
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Nevesisporites vallatus de Jersey and Paten 1964
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Classopollis "sp." Pflug 1953
Classopollis simplex Reiser and Williams 1969
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Neoraistrickia "sp." Potonié 1956 spikemoss
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
Cycadopites
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Cycadopites "sp." Wodehouse 1933
Cycadopites nitidus de Jersey 1964
Aratrisporites
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Aratrisporites "sp." Leschik 1956