Puesto Fernandez (Paleocene of Argentina)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, muddy shale

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts

Primary reference: S. Archangelsky and M. C. Zamaloa. 1986. Nuevas descripciones palinológicas de las formaciones Salamanca y Bororo, Paleoceno de Chubut (República Argentina). Ameghiniana 23(1-2):35-46 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136596: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 30.11.2012, edited by Carlos Jaramillo

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Taxonomic list

Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965 heather
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites vermireticulatus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Spinizonocolpites hialinus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986 palm
Magnoliopsida
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Striatopollis exiguus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
Callistopollenites sp. Srivastava 1969
Rousea minuscula Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986