USNM Kugler Collection: Early Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene, Trinidad and Tobago
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Phyllites oropouchensis n. sp. leaf
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Clusiaceae
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Clusia fossilia n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Rhizophoraceae
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Mimosaceae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Combretaceae
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| 7 specimens | |||||||
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Sapotaceae
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Mimusops preduplicata n. sp. leaf
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specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Lamiales
- Verbenaceae
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Avicennia nitida leaf
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specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Persea americana leaf
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Arecaceae indet. leaf
von Berchtold and Presl 1820
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° North, 61.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.0° North, 60.7° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Quaternary - Late/Upper Quaternary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene |
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene - Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Oropouche |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Clays are lignitic and horizontal | |
| Geology comments: Appears to represent a mangrove. Depositional environment not specified. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,original carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31227 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-04-24 16:51:55 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-24 16:51:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8413. | E. W. Berry. 1925. A Pleistocene flora from the Island of Trinidad. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66:1-9 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |