PBDB Collection

Mirhoja, Mirador Mesa (Miocene to of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.3° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 65.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• 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. 1925. A Miocene flora from Patagonia. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 6:183-251 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32098: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 04.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Peumus clarki n. sp., Erythroxylon cuneifolioides n. sp., Icica tertiaria n. sp., Schmidelia graciliforma n. sp., Schmidelia eduliforma n. sp., Schmidelia proedulis n. sp., Malvacarpis tertiarius n. gen. n. sp., Banara prehernandiensis n. sp., Arrabidaea patagonica n. sp., Faramea miocenica n. sp. Peumus clarki n. sp. Erythroxylon cuneifolioides n. sp. Icica tertiaria n. sp. Schmidelia graciliforma n. sp. Schmidelia eduliforma n. sp. Schmidelia proedulis n. sp. Malvacarpis tertiarius n. gen. n. sp. Banara prehernandiensis n. sp. Arrabidaea patagonica n. sp. Faramea miocenica n. sp.
Phyllites
-	Phyllites clarki n. sp., Phyllites sloaneaformis n. sp., Phyllites sp. Phyllites clarki n. sp. Phyllites sloaneaformis n. sp. Phyllites sp. Brongniart 1822
Angiospermae
Sapindales - Anacardiaceae	Schinopsis patagonica n. sp. Schinopsis patagonica n. sp. cashew
Sapindales - Sapindaceae	Sapindus argentinus n. sp., Cupania grosse-serrata, Cupania latifolioides n. sp., Cupania incerta n. sp. Sapindus argentinus n. sp. soapnut Cupania grosse-serrata Linnaeus soapberry Cupania latifolioides n. sp. soapberry Cupania incerta n. sp. soapberry
Malvales - Malvaceae	Sterculia patagonica n. sp. Sterculia patagonica n. sp. Menéndez 1959 tropical chestnut
Celastrales - Celastraceae	Maytenus latifolioides n. sp. Maytenus latifolioides n. sp. bittersweet
Fabales - Fabaceae	Leguminosites patagonicus n. sp. Leguminosites patagonicus n. sp. legume
Fagales - Myricaceae	Myrica chubutensis n. sp., Myrica mira n. sp. Myrica chubutensis n. sp. bayberry Myrica mira n. sp. Berry 1925 bayberry
Fagales - Fagaceae	"Tetracera patagonica n. sp." = Castaneophyllum patagonicum "Tetracera patagonica n. sp." = Castaneophyllum patagonicum Wilf et al. 2019
Rosales - Rhamnaceae	Rhamnidium preglabrum n. sp., ? Rhamnidium patagonicum n. sp. Rhamnidium preglabrum n. sp. buckthorn ? Rhamnidium patagonicum n. sp. buckthorn
Rosales - Ulmaceae	Celtis ameghenoi n. sp. Celtis ameghenoi n. sp. hackberry
Gentianales - Loganiaceae	Strychnos mirhojana n. sp. Strychnos mirhojana n. sp.
Lamiales - Bignoniaceae	Bignonites ovatus n. sp. Bignonites ovatus n. sp. trumpet vine
Proteales - Proteaceae	Lomatites occidentalis n. sp. Lomatites occidentalis n. sp.
Laurales - Lauraceae	Nectandra patagonica n. sp. Nectandra patagonica n. sp. Berry 1925 laurel
Poales - Poaceae	Poacites sp. Poacites sp. Brongniart 1822 grass
Dicotyledoneae
Ericales - Styracaceae	Styrax acuminatiformis n. sp. Styrax acuminatiformis n. sp. storax
Angiospermae
-	Carpolithus bivascularis n. sp., Carpolithus mirhojanus n. sp., Carpolithus patagonicus n. sp. Carpolithus bivascularis n. sp. Carpolithus mirhojanus n. sp. Carpolithus patagonicus n. sp.