Estancia Laguna Salada (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.3° S, 72.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 50.2° S, 63.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Monte Chico Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; fine-grained, medium, brown, gray, calcareous sandstone and siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• Repository: MPM-MP, Museo Regional Provincial “Padre Manuel Jesús Molina”, Río Gallegos, Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Primary reference: L. Povilauskas. 2013. Palinología de Angiospermas de la Formación Monte Chico (Cretácico Superior) de la Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16(1):115-126 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168708: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 27.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericipites scabratus
Ericipites scabratus Harris 1965 heather
Angiospermae
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites nana, Nothofagidites saraensis, Nothofagidites kaitangataensis, Nothofagidites dorotensis
Nothofagidites nana Romero 1977
Nothofagidites saraensis Menendez and Caccavari 1975
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites bibaculatus, Tricolpites cf. reticulatus, Tricolpites reticulatus
Tricolpites bibaculatus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites cf. ambiguus, Proteacidites tenuiexinus, Proteacidites beddoesii, Proteacidites parvus, Proteacidites subscabratus, Beaupreaidites "sp. 1"
Proteacidites parvus Cookson 1950
Beaupreaidites "sp. 1" Potonié 1960
 Proteales -
Peninsulapollis truswellidae, Peninsulapollis askiniae, Peninsulapollis gillii, Triatriopollenites bertelsii, Triatriopollenites lateflexus
Peninsulapollis askiniae Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
Peninsulapollis gillii Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
Triatriopollenites bertelsii Archangelsky 1973
Triatriopollenites lateflexus Archangelsky 1973
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecipites minutiscabratus, Longapertites patagonicus, Spinizonocolpites "sp. 1", Spinizonocolpites hialinus
Arecipites minutiscabratus Mc Intyre 1968 palm
Longapertites patagonicus Archangelsky 1973 palm
Spinizonocolpites "sp. 1" Muller 1968 palm
Spinizonocolpites hialinus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986 palm
 Arecales -
Clavamonocolpites "sp. 1"
Clavamonocolpites "sp. 1" González-Guzmán 1967
 Poales - Typhaceae
Sparganiaceaepollenites barungensis
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites kaitangataensis, Liliacidites variegatus, Liliacidites cf. regularis, Liliacidites vermireticulatus, Liliacidites crassilabratus
Liliacidites cf. regularis Archangelsky 1973
Liliacidites vermireticulatus Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
Magnoliopsida
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Rhoipites "sp. 1", Rhoipites minusculus, Rhoipites baculatus, Periporopollenites demarcatus, Quadraplanus brossus, Forcipites "sp. A", Forcipites sabulosus
Rhoipites "sp. 1" Wodehouse 1933
Rhoipites minusculus Archangelsky 1973
Rhoipites baculatus Archangelsky 1973
Quadraplanus brossus Stover and Partridge 1973
Forcipites "sp. A" Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
Forcipites sabulosus Dettmann and Jarzen 1988
Psilatricolpites
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Psilatricolpites patagonicus