Where: Río Negro, Argentina (41.6° S, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 61.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: San Julián Member (Patagoniense Formation), Eocene to Eocene (56.0 - 23.0 Ma)
• Sedimentos terciarios del Patagoniense
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, yellow, argillaceous, sandy lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original cellulose
Collection methods: Museum repositories: Sección Paleobotánica del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" de Buenos Aires (BA PB 7623 A y B)
Primary reference: C. A. Menendez. 1960. Elementos florísticos del Terciario de Argentina. I. "Ruprechtia latipedunculata" n. sp. del arroyo Chenqueñiyeu, Río Negro. Acta Geológica Lilloana III:15-19 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139871: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 19.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ruprechtia | |
Ruprechtia latipedunculata n. sp.
Ruprechtia latipedunculata n. sp. Menendez 1960 |