Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.0° S, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 51.5° S, 67.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuffaceous siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1928. Tertiary fossil plants from the Argentine Republic. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73:1-27 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31545: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 15.05.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
? Rollinia patagonica n. sp., Peumus clarki
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| Phyllites | |
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Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822 | |
| Angiospermae | |
Sterculia washburnii n. sp.
Sterculia washburnii n. sp. Berry 1928 tropical chestnut | |
? Hydrangea incerta n. sp.
? Hydrangea incerta n. sp. hydrangea | |
Laurelia amarillana n. sp.
Laurelia amarillana n. sp. Berry 1932 | |