Site 9722, Nabon Basin (Miocene of Ecuador)

Also known as Tombstone

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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)

• A level is at the base of the outcrop.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified, volcaniclastic, sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

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 31071: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 10.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Gouania "andica", Plantae "NT"
Plantae "NT" Haeckel 1866
Morphotype NT, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Goniopteris cochabombensis
Anthophyta
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Liliopsida "NS"
Liliopsida "NS"
Morphotype NS, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida
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Magnoliopsida "N6", Magnoliopsida "N26", Magnoliopsida "N30", Magnoliopsida "N31", Magnoliopsida "N43", Magnoliopsida "N50", Magnoliopsida "N54", Magnoliopsida "N73", Magnoliopsida "N79"
Magnoliopsida "N6" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N6, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N26" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N26, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N30" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N30, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N31" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N31, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N43" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N43, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N50" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N50, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N54" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N54, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N73" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N73, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Magnoliopsida "N79" Cronquist et al. 1996
Morphotype N79, see App. B-D of ref 8374
Angiospermae
 Rosids - Moraceae
? Moraceae indet., ? Moraceae indet.
? Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
Morphotype N35, see App. B-D of ref 8374
? Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
Morphotype N55, see App. B-D of ref 8374
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Fabaceae indet.
Fabaceae indet. Lindley 1836 legume
Morphotype N19, see App. B-D of ref 8374
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
? Sapindaceae indet.
? Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry
Morphotype N18, see App. B-D of ref 8374