Where: Rio Negro, Argentina (41.1° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 61.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ventana Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Studied material comes from collections at the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Chubut, Argentina (MPEF-Pb); National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA (USNM); Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina (LPPb); Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina (LilPb), and Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (FCENCBPB).

Primary reference: C. C. Gonzalez, M. A. Gandolfo, M. C. Zamaloa, N. R. Cúneo, P. Wilf and K. R. Johnson. 2007. Revision of the Proteaceae macrofossil record from Patagonia, Argentina. The Botanical Review 73(3):235-266 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153416: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 16.12.2013, edited by Carlos Jaramillo

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