Marahii, Bahia (Miocene to of Brazil)

Where: Bahia, Brazil (12.0° S, 38.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.4° S, 34.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Stored at the U. S. National Museum.

Primary reference: A. Hollick and E. W. Berry. 1924. A Late Tertiary flora from Bahia, Brazil. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 5:11-137 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32010: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 30.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Pisonia branneri n. sp. birdcatcher tree
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Coccolobis tertiaria n. sp. knotweed
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Dodonaea vera n. sp. soapberry
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
 Geraniales -
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cassia marahiana n. sp. legume
Inga myrianthafolia n. sp. legume
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Phyllites
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Antholithes
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