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 | |
Angiospermae | |
Pisonia branneri n. sp.
Pisonia branneri n. sp. birdcatcher tree | |
Coccolobis tertiaria n. sp.
Coccolobis tertiaria n. sp. knotweed | |
Dodonaea vera n. sp.
Dodonaea vera n. sp. soapberry | |
Anacardites brasiliensis n. sp.
Anacardites brasiliensis n. sp. cashew | |
Citrophyllum bahiensis n. sp.
Citrophyllum bahiensis n. sp. citrus | |
Simaruba whitei n. sp.
Simaruba whitei n. sp. | |
Chrysobalanus preicaco n. sp.
Chrysobalanus preicaco n. sp. rose | |
Cassia marahiana n. sp. legume
Dalbergia ettingshauseni n. sp. legume
Inga myrianthafolia n. sp. legume | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Calyptranthes marahiensis n. sp. myrtle
Myrcia rostrataformis n. sp. myrtle
Psidium cuneatifolium n. sp. guava | |
Bumelia marahiana n. sp.
Bumelia marahiana n. sp. | |
Phyllites | |
Phyllites bahiana n. sp., Phyllites marahiensis n. sp.
Phyllites bahiana n. sp.
Phyllites marahiensis n. sp. | |
Antholithes | |
Antholithes kielmeyerana n. sp.
Antholithes kielmeyerana n. sp. |