Where: Catamarca, Argentina (26.7° S, 66.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° S, 62.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San José Formation (Santa María Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, original cellulose
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,
• Repositorio: Fcaultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura de la Universidad Nacional del Nordeste.
Primary reference: L. M. Anzótegui and R. Herbst. 2004. Megaflora (hojas y frutos) de la Formación San José (Mioceno Medio) en río Seco, departamento Santa María, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. Ameghiniana 41(3):423-436 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138962: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 05.02.2013, edited by Patricio Santamarina
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Cyperocarpus "sp. 1" Pax 1906 sedge
Cyperocarpus "sp. 2" Pax 1906 sedge | |
Asteracarpus gomezbelloi n. gen. n. sp.
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Ficus tressensis Anzotegui 1998 fig | |
Ziziphus sp. Miller 1758 buckthorn | |
Prosopis sp. Linnaeus 1767 mesquite | |
Senna sp. Miller | |
Erythrina aff. dominguezii legume | |
Malvaciphyllum quenquiadensis Anzótegui and Cristalli 2000 mallow | |
Schinopsis aff. lorentzii Engler 1881 cashew | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Tibouchina sp. Aublet 1775 | |
Myrciophyllum "sp. 1" Engelhardt myrtle
Myrciophyllum "sp. 3" Engelhardt myrtle |