Cerro Funes: Paleocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Paranymphaea aristolochiaformis n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurophyllum chubutensis n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Cryptocaryoides mariasantisimensis n. gen., n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae
Banaraphyllum ovatum n. gen., n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus chubutensis n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica premira n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagophyllum duseni n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Dryophyllum australis n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Sterculia acuminataloba n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Cissites patagonica n. sp. leaf Berry 1937
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 46.0° South, 69.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.5° South, 58.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Río Chico
Stratigraphy comments: Paleocene?
The author's consider the Cerro Funes flora as paleocene (Berry, 1937).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown sandy claystone
Lithology description: The matrix is a rather friable, sandy, brownish clay.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:11 species.
Metadata
Also known as:Pampa María Santísima, Pampa de María Santísima
Database number:167857
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2015-04-04 17:50:28 Last modified:2022-10-07 16:19:10
Access level:the public Released:2015-04-04 17:50:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54868. E. W. Berry. 1937. A Paleocene flora from Patagonia. In E.B. Mathews (ed.), Contributions to Paleobotany of South America, Studies in Geology (12)33-50 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]