Sample 14, Locality A, La Boca Fm.: Early Miocene, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Fern indet. microspore
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
| monolete | ||||||||||
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Maricaria sp. microspore
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1.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Dinophyceae
- Gonyaulacales
- Gonyaulacaceae
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Operculodinium centrocarpus microspore
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Spiniferites sp. microspore
Mantell 1850
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.5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Plantae indet. microspore
Haeckel 1866
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3 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Rhizophoraceae
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Rhizophora sp. microspore
Linnaeus 1753
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88 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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Juglandaceae indet. microspore
Perleb 1818
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Tetrameristaceae
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Pelliciera sp. microspore
Planchon and Triana 1862
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
- Pteridaceae
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Pteris sp. microspore
Linnaeus 1753
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Panama |
| Coordinates: | 9.1° North, 79.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | 53 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | La Boca |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original sporopollenin |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | core,chemical,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32333 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-06-25 13:37:58 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-25 13:37:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8708. | A. Graham. 1989. Studies in neotropical paleobotany. VII. The Lower Miocene communities of Panama - the La Boca Formation. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76:50-66 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |