Saravia Estate, Tehuantepec (Miocene to of Mexico)

Where: Oaxaca, Mexico (15.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 90.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1923. Miocene plants from Southern Mexico. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(2465) [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32065: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 03.06.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Fagara wadii n. sp.
Fagara wadii n. sp. citrus
 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Drypetes elliptica n. sp. spurge
 Rosids - Moraceae
Ficus talamancana n. sp. Berry 1921 fig
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Guettarda cookei Berry 1921 velvetseed
 Laurales - Lauraceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona saraviana n. sp." = Annona
"Anona saraviana n. sp." = Annona custard apple
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrcia saraviana n. sp. myrtle
 Ericales - Lecythidaceae
Goeppertia
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Acrostichum
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