Site 9621, Nabon Basin (Miocene of Ecuador)

Also known as Dumapara South

Where: Azuay, Ecuador (3.4° S, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 76.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dumapara Member (Iguincha Formation), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• 0 level is at the base of the outcrop.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified, volcaniclastic shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. A. Kowalski. 2001. Middle to late Miocene environments of southern Ecuador: temperature, elevation and fossil plants of the Nabon Basin. Ph.D. Dissertation, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan 1-437 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31051: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 08.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Angiosperm "NN"
Morphotype NN, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Anthophyta
  -
Liliopsida "NC"
Morphotype NC, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida
  -
Magnoliopsida "N34" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N34, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Coussapoa "namarinia" Aublet 1775 nettle
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm
Morphotype NJ, see App. B-D of ref 8374