Roca Blanca: Early/Lower Jurassic, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Vieraella herbstii n. gen., n. sp.
Reig 1961
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Benton 1997 | ||||||
Bennettitales
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Otozamites informal sp. 1 leaf
Braun 1843
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Brachyphyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Brongniart 1828
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Pagiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Heer 1881
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Ginkgoopsida
- Caytoniales
- Caytoniaceae
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Sagenopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Presl 1838
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ginkgoales
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Baieroxylon implexum
(Zimmermann 1953)
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Gnaedinger 2012 | ||||||
unclassified
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Spiropteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Schimper 1869
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Polypodiopsida
- Cyatheales
- Cyatheaceae
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Coniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Brongniart 1849
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniales
- Dipteridaceae
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Thaumatopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Goeppert 1841
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetites informal sp. 1 axis
Sternberg 1833
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Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf
Brongniart 1849
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Clathropteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Brongniart 1828
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Pteridopsida
- Filicales
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Rhizomopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Schimper 1869
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
Coordinates: | 48.0° South, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.9° South, 23.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1-3 | ||
*Period: | Early/Lower Jurassic | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Jurassic | ||
Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Roca Blanca |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered. |
Metadata
Also known as: | PGAP 508 | ||
Database number: | 29393 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Rees, P. Wilf, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | A. Rees, E. Stiles, B. Allen | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2003-04-02 12:40:47 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-02 12:40:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8227. | PGAP 39 | R. Herbst. 1965. La flora fosil de la Formacion Roca Blanca, Provincia Santa Cruz, Patagonia, con consideraciones geologicas y estratigraficas. Opera Lilloana 12:1-101 [A. Rees/A. Rees/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
67054 | M. J. Benton. 1997. Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic extinctions among continental tetrapods: testing the pattern. In N. C. Fraser, H.-D. Sues (eds.), In the shadow of the dinosaurs: early Mesozoic tetrapods 366-397 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
68028 | S. Gnaedinger. 2012. Ginkgoalean woods from the Jurassic of Argentina: Taxonomic considerations and palaeogeographical distribution. Geobios 45:187-198 [P. Wilf/E. Stiles] |