El Zampal section - Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (36.5° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 50.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, muddy mudstone

• The Neuquén Group includes terrestrial post-orogenic deposits related to the main Miranic Orogeny (also known in the literature as the Patagonidic Orogeny)

Size class: microfossils

• Other = Palynology

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collected by Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB)

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

• UNPSJB: Repository

Primary reference: P. Vallati. 2013. Paleotropical pollen grains from the Neuquén Group, Patagonia, Argentina. Carnets de Géologie (5)273-279 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149816: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 27.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Gnetaceaepollenites
  -
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dryadopollis
  -
Dryadopollis "sp." Srivastava 1977
Crassitricolporites
  -
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Steevesipollenites "sp." Stover 1964 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Magnoliopsida
  -
Angiospermae
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
? Syncolporites "sp." Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe
 Proteales - Proteaceae
? Proteacidites "sp." Cookson and Couper 1953
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "sp." Couper 1953
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
? Racemonocolpites "sp." González-Guzmán 1967 palm
 Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
? Cupanieidites "sp." Cookson and Pike 1954 soapberry
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Microcachryidites antarcticus Couper 1953 podocarp
Podocarpidites rugulosus Romero 1977 podocarp
Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Gabonisporis vigourouxii Boltenhagen 1967
  - Gleicheniaceae
Confossia vulgaris
  -
Confossia vulgaris Stough 1968