Where: Catamarca, Argentina (27.2° S, 66.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 64.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: B Member (Chiquimil Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, green shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original cellulose
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,
• Repositorio: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura de la Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, y Fundación Miguel Lillo.
Primary reference: L. M. Anzótegui. 2004. Megaflora de la Formación Chiquimil, (Mioceno Superior), en los valles de Santa María y Villavil, provincias de Catamarca y Tocumán, Argentina. Ameghiniana 41(3):303-314 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139661: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 15.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Scirpitis "sp. 1" Dusén 1908 sedge | |
Schinus aff. terebinthifolia Raddi 1820 cashew |