Loja, 1927 collection: Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene, Ecuador
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Elaphoglossum carrioni n. sp. leaf
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Coussapoa carrioni n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Manihot tertiaria n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Serjania tertiaria n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Melochia carrioni n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Couroupita tertiaria n. sp. leaf
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Plumeria tertiaria n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Magnoliopsida indet. leaf
Cronquist et al. 1996
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Papaverales
- Capparidaceae
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Capparis verrucosafolia n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Myrtaceae
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Eugenia ovalifolia leaf
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Styracaceae
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Styrax styracoides leaf
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Ulmaceae
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Momisia ecuadorensis n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rhamnaceae
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Rhamnidium elaeocarpoides n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Papilionaceae
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Lonchocarpus engelhardti leaf
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Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Leguminosites grandis seed/fruit
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Leguminosites engelhardti n. sp. seed/fruit
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Inga lojaensis n. sp. leaf
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Inga engelhardti leaf
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Cassia longifolia leaf
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Cassia ? bassleri leaf
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Angiospermae
- Santalales
- Loranthaceae
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Phoradendron fossile leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Caryophyllales
- Nyctaginaceae
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Pisonia witti leaf
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Mespilodaphne lojana n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Poacites magnus leaf
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unclassified
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Filicites lojanus n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Goniopteris cochabambensis leaf
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Bryopsida
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Muscites sp. leaf
Brongniart 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bignonia tertiaria n. sp. leaf
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | 4.0° South, 79.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.7° South, 76.0° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Altitude: | 2233 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| *Period: | Middle - Late/Upper Tertiary - 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: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,red or brown claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | argillaceous,sandy "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32188 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-06-09 15:03:52 | Last modified: | 2003-06-09 18:04:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-09 15:03:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8671. | E. W. Berry. 1929. The fossil flora of the Loja Basin in Southern Ecuador. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 10:79-135 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |