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Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tipuana ecuatoriana n. sp. seed/fruit
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | 4.0° South, 79.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.8° South, 68.2° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Altitude: | 2124 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | San Cayetano | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The plant collection is limited to a single bed, however, the refernce does not distinguish between beds in the Formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fine grained lacustrine and paludal facies | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated minor elements: | none |
| Size sorting: | well |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Bioerosion: | none |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 2 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collection is much larger than reorted here. Only 2 specimens mentioned in the paper, but more are waiting to be studied. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 28395 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-02-11 16:19:32 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-11 16:19:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7823. | R. J. Burnham. 1995. A new species of winged fruit from the Miocene of Ecuador: Tipuana ecuatoriana (Leguminosae). American Journal of Botany 82(12):1599-1607 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |