De Mares concession Locality 27N, 2E: Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Coussapoa sp. leaf
specimens
Hernandia tongi n. sp. leaf
specimens
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eugenia comparabilis leaf
specimens
Angiospermae - Malvales - Buettneriaceae
Buettneria sp. leaf Löfling 1758
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Tapirira lanceolata leaf
specimens
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Ficus cf. betijoquensis leaf
specimens
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Anona cf. guppyi leaf
1 specimen
corrected as Annona
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Avicennia miocenica n. sp. leaf
specimens
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Palmophyllum sp. leaf Conwentz 1886
specimens
Angiospermae - Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Mespilodaphne colombiana n. sp. leaf
specimens
unclassified
Phyllites sp. leaf Brongniart 1822
specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Santander
Coordinates: 11.0° North, 72.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.4° North, 69.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
*Period:Middle Tertiary - Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:32100
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-06-04 15:49:43 Last modified:2003-06-04 18:49:58
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-04 15:49:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8632. E. W. Berry. 1936. Miocene plants from Colombia, South America. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 63(2):53-66 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]