Where: Catamarca, Argentina (27.0° S, 66.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° S, 65.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Andalhuala Formation (Santa María Group), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, fine-grained, medium, brown, gray sandstone and lithified, gray, green siltstone
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.
Primary reference: L. M. Anzótegui, Y. Horn, and R. Herbst. 2007. Paleoflora (Fabaceae y Anacardiaceae) de la Formación Andalhuala (Plioceno Inferior), provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. Ameghiniana 44(3):525-535 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144206: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 02.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Schinus aff. terebinthifolia Raddi 1820 cashew | |
Prosopis sp. Linnaeus 1767 mesquite | |
Eriosema | |
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