Quebrada Chiquero flora: Tertiary, Venezuela
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Trigonia varians leaf
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Theobroma tertiaria n. sp. leaf
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Rheedia preacuminata n. sp. leaf
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Hernandia sp. leaf
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Geissanthus brittoni leaf
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Anacardiaceae
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Tapirira lanceolata leaf
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Meliaceae
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Cedrela preodorata leaf
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Trichilia hirtaformis leaf
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Clusiaceae
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Calophyllum calabaformis leaf
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Angiospermae
- Celastrales
- Celastraceae
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Maytenus anzoateguiensis n. sp. leaf
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Maytenus trinitense leaf
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Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Cassia leptocarpoides leaf
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Inga kugleri leaf
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Mimosaceae
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Pithecolobium tenuifolium leaf
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Angiospermae
- Magnoliales
- Annonaceae
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Anona saravania leaf
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Nectandra curvatifolia leaf
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Persea macrophylloides leaf
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Persea preamericana leaf
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Myrtaceae
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Eugenia camparabilis leaf
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Combretaceae
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Combretum jacquinifolia n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Styracaceae
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? Styrax lehneri leaf
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Sapotaceae
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Chrysophyllum cainitoformis n. sp. leaf
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Mimusops miocenica leaf
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Geography
| Country: | Venezuela | State/province: | Anzoategui |
| Coordinates: | 8.5° North, 63.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.7° North, 57.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1-6 |
| *Period: | Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary |
| Key time interval: | Tertiary |
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: buff, stratified, rather pure clay | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31247 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-04-25 16:38:59 | Last modified: | 2003-04-25 19:39:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-25 16:38:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8419. | E. W. Berry. 1939. Fossil plants from the state of Anzoategui, Venezuela. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 13:137-155 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |