Locality 1, Los Sabalos Quebrada: Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian, Ecuador
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tracheophyta indet. wood
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Pagiophyllum leptocladoides leaf
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Pagiophyllum pompeckji leaf
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
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Nilssonia pterophylloides leaf
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Cycadopsida
- Cycadales
- Cycadaceae
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Dioonites buchianus leaf
(Ettingshausen 1852)
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unclassified
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Ctenopteris angustifolia leaf
Fontaine 1889
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Bennettitales
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Otozamites peruvianus leaf
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Zamites albertensis leaf
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Podozamites lanceolatus leaf
(Lindley and Hutton 1840)
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Taxaceae
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Nageiopsis angustifolia leaf
Fontaine 1889
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unclassified
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Phyllites sp. leaf
Brongniart 1822
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
- Dryopteridaceae
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Ctenis grandifolia leaf
Fontaine 1896
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unclassified
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Carpites ecuatoriensis n. sp. seed/fruit
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Geography
| Country: | Ecuador | State/province: | El Oro |
| Coordinates: | 3.9° South, 80.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.8° South, 50.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 305 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ciano |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 1000 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32482 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-07-03 13:30:10 | Last modified: | 2003-07-03 16:48:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-03 13:30:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8761. | R. E. Shoemaker. 1982. Fossil leaves from the Lower Cretaceous Ciano Formation Southwestern Ecuador. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 180(4-6):120-132 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/J. Alroy] |