Betijoque (Bowen collection, 1919) ( of Venezuela)

Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.0° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 63.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tertiary to Tertiary (66.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1921. Tertiary fossil plants from Venezuela. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59(2388):553-579 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32005: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 30.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Angiospermae
 Zingiberales - Musaceae
Heliconia elegans lobster-claw
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Sabalites sp. Saporta 1865 fan palm
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona guppyi n. sp." = Annona
"Anona guppyi n. sp." = Annona custard apple
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora boweni n. sp. true mangrove
 Rosales - Urticaceae
Coussapoa villosoides n. sp. nettle
 Geraniales -
 Rosids - Moraceae
Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae