Also known as Nabon Basin 2nd General Site

Where: Azuay, Ecuador (3.0° S, 79.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.1° S, 75.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, volcaniclastic siliciclastic sediments

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 31074: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 10.04.2003

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