Where: Loja, Ecuador (4.0° S, 79.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 76.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Cayetano Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• The fossils are derived from the Siltstone Member, dated at 10.7 ± 1.6 to 10.0 ± 1.4 Ma (Hungerbühler et al., 2002).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Museum repository: Escuela Politec- nica Nacional del Ecuador (EPN)
Primary reference: R. J. Burnham and N. L. Carranco. 2004. Miocene winged fruits of Loxopterygium (Anacardiaceae) from the Ecuadorian Andes. American Journal of Botany 91(11):1767-1773 [C. Jaramillo/C. Martinez/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136237: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Camila Martinez on 24.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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