TABLE 1. Censused abundance of angiosperm leaf morphotypes per plant locality, organized by geomagnetic polarity chron (following Clyde, et al., 2014; Comer, et al., 2015; and Gradstein, et al., 2012). Fossiliferous quarries from the Palacio de los Loros locality (Salamanca Formation): Palacio de los Loros 1 (PL1), Palacio de los Loros 2 (PL2), and Palacio de los Loros 4 (PL4). Fossiliferous quarries from the Ormachea Petrified Forest Park (Salamanca Formation): Ormachea-1 (OR1), Ormachea-2 (OR2, including the subsite Cerro de las Palmeras CP), Cerro Solitario (CS), and Dromedary Hill (DR). Fossiliferous quarry from the Peñas Coloradas Formation: Las Flores oil field /La Campanita Ranch (LF).
Leaf Morphotype |
Family affinity | C29n | C28n | C27n | Tot. | ||||||
OR2 | PL1 | PL4 | CS | OR1 | DR | PL2 | LF | 8 | |||
SA001 | Akaniaceae? | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 16 | - | 20 | |
SA002 | unknown | - | 14 | - | _ | - | - | 13 | - | 27 | |
SA004 | Nothofagaceae | - | 69 | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | 21 | 93 | 192 | |
SA005 | Cunoniaceae? | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 34 | |
SA008 | Rosaceae | 3 | 53 | 34 | - | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 115 | |
SA009 | unknown | 2 | 208 | 43 | 4 | 1 | - | 256 | 28 | 542 | |
SA010 | Lauraceae | 112 | 210 | 60 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 179 | 106 | 682 | |
SA014 | unknown | 1 | 95 | 19 | - | - | - | 66 | 20 | 201 | |
SA016 | unknown | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 36 | |
SA019 | unknown | 1 | 63 | 28 | - | 1 | - | 22 | 11 | 126 | |
SA020 | Cunoniaceae | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | 3 | 1 | 129 | 13 | 160 | |
SA032 | Arecaceae | 2 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
SA035 | Bixaceae? | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 25 | 7 | 46 | |
SA038 | unknown | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
SA039 | unknown | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | |
SA040 | unknown | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
SA041 | Rhamnaceae? | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 42 | - | 53 | |
SA042 | Cunoniaceae | - | 25 | 7 | - | 3 | - | 11 | 11 | 57 | |
SA043 | Cunoniaceae? - Sapindaceae? | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 58 | - | 85 | |
SA044 | Cunoniaceae | 3 | 63 | 14 | - | 2 | - | 15 | 13 | 110 | |
SA045 | Fabaceae | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
SA046 | Lauraceae | 1 | 56 | 25 | - | - | 2 | 9 | - | 93 | |
SA047 | unknown | 1 | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | 38 | 15 | 74 | |
SA048 | Rhamnaceae? | 1 | 105 | 22 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 19 | 156 | |
SA049 | unknown | - | 17 | 22 | - | - | 1 | 285 | - | 325 | |
SA050 | Anacardiaceae? | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 10 | |
SA051 | Urticaceae? | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 7 | |
SA052 | Sapindaceae? | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
SA053 | unknown | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 16 | |
SA054 | Cunoniaceae? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
SA055 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
SA056 | unknown | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 19 | |
SA057 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
SA058 | Malvaceae? | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
SA059 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
SA060 | Menispermaceae | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
SA061 | Araceae? | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 9 | |
SA063 | unknown | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
SA065 | Arecaceae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
SA066 | unknown | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | |
SA067 | unknown | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
SA068 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 33 | |
SA069 | Rhamnaceae? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
SA070 | Juglandaceae? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | |
SA072 | Arecaceae | (4 at CP site) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
SA073 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 108 | 108 | |
SA074 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
SA075 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 36 | |
SA076 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
SA077 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
SA078 | unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
# specimens | 172 | 1095 | 312 | 9 | 43 | 14 | 1293 | 584 | 3522 | ||
# morphotypes | 22 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 51 |
TABLE 2. Berry (1937a) type specimens from the Cerro Funes locality (Palacio de los Loros, Salamanca Formation), correlated to the leaf morphotypes in this work. USNM: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
Berry 1937a type collection | Morphotype in this work |
Figures in this work | |||
USNM # | Species | Plate | Figure | ||
201953 | Banaraphyllum ovatum | IX | 1 | SA048 | 27D, 28A |
201955 | Cissites patagonica | VII | 1 | SA009 | 10N |
201956a | Cissites patagonica | VII | 2 | SA009 | 10O, 10P |
201956b | Cissites patagonica | VII | 2 | SA009 | - |
201957 | Cissites patagonica | VII | 3 | SA009 | 10Q |
201959 | Cissites patagonica | IX | 5 | SA073 | 36C |
208520 | Cryptocaryoides maria-santisimensis | VI | 3 | SA010 | - |
208521 | Cryptocaryoides maria-santisimensis | VI | 3 | SA010 | 12B |
208522 | Dryophyllum australis | VI | 5 | SA042 | 7A |
208523a | Dryophyllum australis | VI | 4 | SA004 | 7B |
208523b | Dryophyllum australis | - | - | SA004 | - |
201960 | Fagophyllum duseni | V | 1 | SA042 | 16L |
201961a | Fagophyllum duseni | V | 2 | SA042 | 16M |
201961b | Fagophyllum duseni | - | - | SA042 | - |
208530 | Laurophyllum chubutensis | IX | 3 | SA046 | 26F |
208531 | Laurophyllum chubutensis | IX | 4 | SA046? | - |
201965 | Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi | VI | 1 | SA010 | - |
201966 | Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi | VI | 2 | SA010 | 12A |
201962 | Myrica premira | V | 3 | SA020 | 29C |
201963 | Myrica premira | V | 4 | SA049 | 29A, 29B |
201964 | Paranymphaea aristolochiaformis | V | 5 | SA039 | 21A, 22A |
208524a | Sterculia acuminataloba | VIII | 1 | SA014 | 14A |
208524b | Sterculia acuminataloba | - | - | SA014 | - |
208525 | Sterculia acuminataloba | VIII | 2 | SA058 | 32I |
208526 | Sterculia acuminataloba | VIII | 3 | SA014 | 14B |
208527 | Sterculia acuminataloba | VIII | 4 | SA014 | - |
208528 | Sterculia acuminataloba | VIII | 5 | SA019 | 17I |
208529 | Ziziphus chubutensis | IX | 2 | SA048 | 27C, 28B |