New paleofloristic elements and stratigraphic considerations for the Nestares Formation (Lower Jurassic, Argentina)

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Sagasti, Ana Julia, Morel, Eduardo Manuel, Ganuza, Daniel Gustavo, Knight, Patricio Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; LOWER JURASSIC; NESTARES FORMATION; PALEOBOTANY; STRATIGRAPHY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Gustavo; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/130052

In this contribution we describe new elements of the paleoflora of Nestares Formation in its type section, exposed along both banks of the Limay River, close to the Alicurá dam (southern margin of Neuquen Basin). Samples were collected from fossiliferous level AL 18 corresponding to black shales and...