Granos de polen de la Formación Las Cabras (Triásico), en su localidad tipo, Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Parte 1.

ZAVATTIERI, A. M.

AMEGHINIANA

ASOCIACION PALEONTOLOGICA ARGENTINA

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 1991 vol. 28 p. 3 - 29

0002-7014

The first systematic study of monosaccate and bisaccate pollen grains ofthe type locality of Las Cabras Formation(Triassic), Potrerillos area, Mendoza,is presented. Thirty six species of pollen grains are described, belonging to the following genera: Vesicaspora, Accintisporites, Daughertyspora, Callialasporites, Potonieisporites, Alisporites, Falcisporites, Vitreisporites, Klausipollenites, Podosporites, Pityosporites, Brachysaccus, Podocarpidites, Sulcatisporites, Protodiploxypinus, Chordasporites, Platysaccus, Parillinites, Illinites and Angustisulcites. Fifteen genera are reportedfor the first time in Argentina. The botanical affinity, chronologicalrange and regional and global distribution of all species included in this study are given. The age of Las CabrasFormation microflora, in its typelocality, is Middle Triassic (late Anisian-Landinian).