Potosi, 1915 collection (Pliocene to of Bolivia)

Where: Potosi, Bolivia (19.0° S, 65.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 18.8° S, 64.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuffaceous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1917. Fossil plants from Bolivia and their bearing upon the age of the uplift of the Eastern Andes. Proceedings of United States National Museum 54(2229):103-164 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32127: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 05.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Calliandra obliqua, Enterolobium grandifolium, Enterolobium parvifolium, Machaerium eriocarpoides, Machaerium milleri n. sp., Drepanocarpus franckei, Platypodium potosianum, Leguminnosites sp., Porlieria tertiaria, Myrteola potosiana n. sp., Jacaranda potosina n. sp.
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polystichum bolivianum n. sp.
unclassified
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Tracheophyta indet.
Rubiacites
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Rubiacites nummularioides n. sp.
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
? Podocarpus fossilis
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Festuca sp., ? Phragmites sp.
Festuca sp. Linnaeus 1753 fescue
? Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Apocynophyllum potosianum n. sp., Cypselites potosianus n. sp.
Cypselites potosianus n. sp. dogbane
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Weinmannia potosina
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Mimosa arcuatifolia, Pithecolobium brittonianum n. sp., Mimosites engelhardti n. sp.
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
Lonchocarpus obtusifolius
 Rosales -
Caesalpinites potosianus n. sp.
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Caesalpinia sessilifolioides n. sp., Cassia singewaldi n. sp., Cassia rigidulifolia, Cassia wendtii, Cassia ligustrinaformis, Cassia membranacea, Cassia cultrifoliaformis n. sp., Cassia cristoides, Cassia chrysocarpoides, Copaifera potosiana n. sp., Bauhinia potosiana n. sp., Dalbergia potosiana n. sp., Acacia uninervifolia, Acacia dimidiato-cordata, Acacia tenuifolia
Caesalpinia sessilifolioides n. sp. peacock flower
Cassia singewaldi n. sp. legume
Copaifera potosiana n. sp. legume
Bauhinia potosiana n. sp. legume
Dalbergia potosiana n. sp. legume
Acacia dimidiato-cordata Miller 1758 wattle
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica banksioides, Myrica wendtii
Myrica wendtii bayberry
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Carpolithus viornaformis n. sp., Carpolithus engelhardti, Carpolithus sp. 1, Carpolithus sp. 2, Carpolithus sp. 3, Carpolithus "sp. 4", Carpolithus "sp. 5"
Carpolithus sp. 1 Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus sp. 2 Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus sp. 3 Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 4" Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus "sp. 5" Linnaeus 1768
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Terminalia antiqua
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparis multinervis
Ruprechtia
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Ruprechtia braunii
Acrostichum
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Acrostichum linearifolium