Where: Panama (9.1° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 79.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gatun Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gray, argillaceous, sandy siltstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. Graham, R. H. Stewart, and J. L. Stewart. 1985. Studies in Neotropical Paleobotany. III. The Tertiary communities of Panama - Geology of the pollen-bearing deposits. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 72:485-503 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32310: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 20.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
Plantae indet., Grammitis sp., "fern" sp., cf. Agularia sp., Pseudobombax sp., cf. Glycydendrum sp., Chomelia sp.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 | |
| Angiospermae | |
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae
"Palmae indet." = Arecaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm | |
|
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove | |
| Polypodiopsida | |
|
Alsophila sp. Brown 1810 scaly tree fern
"Cyathea sp." = Cyathea Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
"Cnemidaria sp." = Cyathea Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
|
Pteris sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
| Lycopodiopsida | |
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Selaginella sp. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
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Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |