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Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation
Geologic formation in Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Anfiteatro de Ticó Formation is a geological formation from the Deseado Massif in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina.
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Paleobiology
The Anfiteatro de Ticó preserves a rich and diverse flora including macrofossils, mesofossils, and microfossils. These have been object of detailed investigations since the 1960'.[1][2][3]
Depositional environments
The formation is of continental origin, and includes riparian and lacustrine deposits.
Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[4]
Flora
- Ricciopsis grandensis
- Equisetites pusillus
- Cladophlebis tripinnata
- Cladophlebis antarctica
- Cyathea cyathifolia
- Baqueroites padulae
- Adiantopteris tripinnata
- Korallipteris vegagrandis
- Alkastrobus peltatus
- Apterocladus lanceolatus
- Morenostrobus fertilis
- Podocarpus dubius
- Squamastrobus tigrensis
- Tarphyderma glabra
- Tomaxellia degiustoi
- Tomaxellia biforme
- Trisacocladus tigrensis
- Ginkgoites tigrensis
- Ginkgoites ticoensis
- Allicospermum patagonicum
- Karkenia incurva
- Restrepophyllum chiguoides
- Eobowenia incrassata
- Sueria rectivervis
- Mesosingeria coriacea
- Mesosingeria oblonga
- Ticoa harrisii
- Ticoa lanceolata
- Ticoa magnipinnulata
- Pseudoctenis crassa
- Pseudoctenis dentata
- Ruflorinia sierra
- Ruflorinia pilifera
- Ruflorinia papillosa
- Ktalenia circularis
References
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