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Roca Blanca, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Formation	Roca Blanca
Age:	201 - 174 Ma Jurassic
Interval	Early Jurassic
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	13

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Roca Blanca	Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina	Roca Blanca

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Otozamites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : *Otozamites*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Clathropteris sp. genus	6	*Clathropteris*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Spiropteris sp. genus	6	*Spiropteris*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Pagiophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : *Pagiophyllum*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Brachyphyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : *Brachyphyllum*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Vieraella herbstii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Vieraella : *Vieraella herbstii*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Equisetites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Equisetaceae : *Equisetites*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Sagenopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Caytoniaceae : *Sagenopteris*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Baieroxylon sp. genus	6	Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ginkgoales : *Baieroxylon*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Coniopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Dicksoniaceae : *Coniopteris*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Thaumatopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Dipteridaceae : *Thaumatopteris*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic
Cladophlebis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : *Cladophlebis*	201.3 - 174.1 Ma Jurassic

References

Herbst R. (1965) La flora fosil de la Formacion Roca Blanca, Provincia Santa Cruz, Patagonia, con consideraciones geologicas y estratigraficas, Opera Lilloana 12, 1-101

Benton M. J. (1997) Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic extinctions among continental tetrapods: testing the pattern, In the shadow of the dinosaurs: early Mesozoic tetrapods, 366-397

Gnaedinger S. (2012) Ginkgoalean woods from the Jurassic of Argentina: Taxonomic considerations and palaeogeographical distribution, Geobios 45, 187-198

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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