Puesto Fernández - wood (Paleocene of Argentina)

Also known as NF Angiospermas

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.7° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 56.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Bororó Formation), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, massive, medium-grained, yellow, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized, replaced with silica

Collected by S. Arcangelsky, E. Romero, B. Petriella in 1969-1970; reposited in the MLP

Collection methods: chemical, peel or thin section

Primary reference: B. Petriella. 1972. Estudio de Maderas Petrificadas del Terciario Inferior del Área Central de Chubut (Cerro Bororó). Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva serie), Sección Paleontología 6(41):159-254 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169852: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 01.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Euxylophoroxylon chiquichanense n. gen. n. sp. Petriella 1972 citrus
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Bridelioxylon americanum n. sp. Petriella 1972 spurge
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophoroxylon spallettii n. sp. Petriella 1972
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Weinmannioxylon pluriradiatum n. sp. Petriella 1972
Weinmannioxylon multiperforatum n. gen. n. sp. Petriella 1972
 Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpoxylon sloaneoides n. sp. Petriella 1972
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon "sp. 1" Schenk 1882 palm
Affinity: Chamaedorea
Palmoxylon "sp. 2" Schenk 1882 palm
Affinity: Livinstona
Palmoxylon patagonicum Romero 1968 palm
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Mesembrioxylon mazzonii n. sp. Petriella 1972 podocarp
Magnoliopsida
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Dryoxylon spp. Schleiden 1853