Where: Herrera, Panama (8.0° N, 80.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 103.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tertiary (66.0 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; volcaniclastic siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: permineralized, replaced with silica
Collection methods: surface (float), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: W. L. Stern and R. H. Eyde. 1963. Fossil forests of Ocu, Panama. Science 140(3572):1214 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34325: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 26.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Vantanea sp. Aublet 1775 |