Ocu area ( of Panama)

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Humiriaceae
Vantanea sp. Aublet 1775