Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.0° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 67.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1936. Tertiary plants from Venezuela. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2988):335-360 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31280: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 29.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cycadopsida | |
? Zamia sp. Linnaeus 1763 cycads | |
Angiospermae | |
Heliconia elegans lobster-claw | |
Palmophyllum sp. Conwentz 1886 palm | |
Piperites cordatus pepper | |
Sophora marana n. sp.
Sophora marana n. sp. | |
Chrysobalanus venezuelanus n. sp.
Chrysobalanus venezuelanus n. sp. rose | |
Rhizophora boweni true mangrove | |
Cassia longifolia legume | |
Polypodiopsida | |