Winslow collection, Tumbez area (Miocene to of Peru)

Where: Peru (3.0° S, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 77.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Local stage equivalent to the "Heath" stage.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; sandstone and claystone

• This environmental determination is suggested in the text.
• Clay lens overlying a bed of lignite within petroleum bearing sands.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1919. Miocene fossil plants from Northern Peru. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2270):279-294 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32003: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 30.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Stenospemation columbiense
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia varians
unclassified
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Vochysia retusifolia, Condaminea grandifolia
Angiospermae
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus winslowiana n. sp.
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Banisteria incerta n. sp.
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Tapirira lanceolata
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax lanceolata
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Bambusium stubeli
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Iriartites tumbezensis n. gen. n. sp.
Iriartites tumbezensis n. gen. n. sp. Berry 1919 palm
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Mespilodaphne tumbezensis n. sp., Persea macrophylloides
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Guatteria culebrenis, "Anona winslowiana n. sp." = Annona
Guatteria culebrenis custard apple
"Anona winslowiana n. sp." = Annona custard apple