Where: Catamarca, Argentina (26.8° S, 66.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 64.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chiquimil Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• La Formacion Chiquimil integra la secuencia basal del Grupo Santa Maria, estando apoyada sobre la Formacion Las Arcas, e infrayacente a la Formacion Andalhuala.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithified, fine-grained, medium, yellow, sandy sandstone and lithified, green, red, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
Primary reference: L. R. Mautino and L. M. Anzótegui. 1998. Palinología de la Formación Chiquimil (Mioceno superior) en Vallecito, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. Parte I. Esporas: Especies nuevas. Ameghiniana 35(2):227-233 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137142: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 11.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Lycopodiopsida | |
Reticulatisporites sp.1 Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss Reworked species according with the authors. According with the authors is the same Reticulatisporites sp. from Baldoni & Archangelsky (1983)
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Bryopsida | |
Stereisporites antiquasporites1 Dettmann 1963 | |
Annulispora folliculosa | |
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Polypodiopsida | |
Gleicheniidites senonicus1 Ross 1949 | |
Biretisporites sp.1 Delcourt et al. 1963 Reworked species according with the authors. According with the authors is the same Biretisporites sp. A from Archangelsky & Seoane (1994)
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Undulatisporites sp.1 Pflug 1953
Klukisporites sp.1 Couper 1958 | |
Dictyophyllidites arcuatus1 Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Dictyophyllidites chiquimilense Mautino and Anzótegui 1998
Dictyophyllidites mortoni1 Playford and Dettmann 1965 | |
Polypodiisporites speciosus1 Sah and Dutta 1968 | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus1 Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
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Baculatisporites comaumensis1 Potonie 1953
Rugulatisporites caperatus1 van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 | |
Muricingulisporis | |
Muricingulisporis verrucosus Mautino and Anzótegui 1998 | |
Lycopsida | |
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Pteridopsida | |
Leiotriletes sp.1, Leiotriletes regularis1, Deltoidospora sp.1, Deltoidospora minor1, Reticuloidosporites tenellis1, Polypodiaceoisporites tumulatus1, Polypodiaceoisporites simplex1, Osmundacidites ciliatus1, Todisporites major1, Todisporites minor1, Cyathidites congoensis1, Cyathidites minor1
Leiotriletes sp.1 Potonie and Kremp 1954
Leiotriletes regularis1 Krutzsch 1959
Deltoidospora sp.1 Miner 1935
Deltoidospora minor1 Pocock 1970
Reticuloidosporites tenellis1 Krutzsch 1959
Polypodiaceoisporites tumulatus1 Partridge 1973
Polypodiaceoisporites simplex1 Sah 1967
Osmundacidites ciliatus1 Sah 1967
Todisporites major1 Couper 1953
Todisporites minor1 Couper 1953
Cyathidites congoensis1 Sah 1967
Cyathidites minor1 Couper 1953 | |
Retistephanocolpites | |
Retistephanocolpites sp.2 Leidelmeyer 1966 | |
Psilamonocolpites grandis | |
Psilamonocolpites grandis2 Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Equisetosporites sp.2, Equisetosporites claricristatus2, Equisetosporites notensis2, Equisetosporites lusaticus2
Equisetosporites sp.2 Daugherty 1941
Equisetosporites claricristatus2 Barreda 1997
Equisetosporites notensis2 Romero 1977
Equisetosporites lusaticus2 Barreda 1997 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Triorites orbiculatus2 McIntyre 1965 | |
Myrtaceidites sp.3 Cookson and Pike 1960 | |
Angiospermae | |
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Liliacidites vermireticulatus2 Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986 | |
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Sparganiaceaepollenites sp.2 Thiergart 1937
Sparganiaceaepollenites delicata2 Mautino and Anzótegui 2002 | |
Tricolpites sp.2 Couper 1953
Tricolpites reticulatus2 Couper 1953 | |
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Chenopodipollis chenopodiaceoides3 Truswell 1985
Chenopodipollis multicavus3 Anzotegui and Cuadrado 1996 | |
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Tubulifloridites sp.3 Potonie 1960 daisy Authors described Tubulifloridites sp.1, sp.2, sp.3, and sp.4
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Tuberculatosporites sp.1 Imgrund 1952
Tuberculatosporites parvus1 Archangelsky 1972 | |
Echiperiporites sp.3 Anzotegui and Cuadrado 1996
Echiperiporites parviechinatus3 Anzotegui and Cuadrado 1996 | |
Nothofagidites saraensis2 Menendez and Caccavari 1975 | |
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Magnoliopsida | |
Malvacipollis argentina2, Psilatricolporites cyamus3, Parsonsidites multiporus3, Periporopollenites vesicus3, Striatricolporites gamerroi3, Haloragacidites trioratus2, Rhoipites santafesii3, Rhoipites baculatus3, Rhoipites alveolatus3, Rhoipites cienaguensis3, Rhoipites karamuensis3, Rhoipites exiguus3, Verrustephanoporites simplex2
Malvacipollis argentina2 Zamaloa and Romero 1990
Psilatricolporites cyamus3 Van der Hammen and Wijmstra 1964
Parsonsidites multiporus3 Mildenhall 1960
Periporopollenites vesicus3 Partridge 1973
Striatricolporites gamerroi3 Archangelsky 1973
Haloragacidites trioratus2 Couper 1953
Rhoipites santafesii3 Anzotegui and Garralla 1986
Rhoipites baculatus3 Archangelsky 1973
Rhoipites alveolatus3 Couper 1953
Rhoipites cienaguensis3 Barreda 1997
Rhoipites karamuensis3 Pocknall 1985
Rhoipites exiguus3 Pocknall 1982
Verrustephanoporites simplex2 Leidelmeyer 1966 | |
Tetracolporopollenites | |
Tetracolporopollenites megadolium3 Frederiksen 1980 | |
Verrucingulatisporites | |
Verrucingulatisporites sp.1 Kedves 1961 | |
Plicifera | |
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Psilaperiporites minimus | |
Psilaperiporites cf. minimus3 Regali et al. 1974 | |
Gomphrenipollis | |
Gomphrenipollis sp.3 Anzotegui and Cuadrado 1996 | |
Cyperaceaepollis neogenicus | |
Cyperaceaepollis neogenicus2 Krutzsch 1970 |