Jancocata (Kozlowski collection) (Pliocene to of Bolivia)

Where: Pacajes, Bolivia (16.0° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.1° S, 68.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; tuffaceous siliciclastic sediments

• White plant bearing tuff within a kaolinized andesitic tuff series of beds

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1922. Late Tertiary plants from Jancocata, Bolivia. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 4:205-221 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32002: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 30.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Osteomeles kozlowskiana n. sp., Polylepis tomentellafolia n. sp.
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Phragmites sp.
Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
Melastomites sp.
Melastomites sp. Unger 1850
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Caesalpinia jancocatana n. sp., Cassia altaensis n. sp.
Caesalpinia jancocatana n. sp. peacock flower
Cassia altaensis n. sp. legume
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus preacuminata n. sp.
Alnus preacuminata n. sp. alder
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteris pacajensis n. sp.