Aramary, Bahia (Miocene to of Brazil)

Where: Bahia, Brazil (12.0° S, 38.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 34.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; yellow claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Hollick and E. W. Berry. 1924. A Late Tertiary flora from Bahia, Brazil. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 5:11-137 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32009: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 30.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
"Hemitelia branneri n. sp." = Cyathea
"Hemitelia branneri n. sp." = Cyathea tree fern
Antholithes
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Spondias
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Angiospermae
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 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindus presaponaria n. sp. soapnut
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Fagara dentatafolia n. sp. citrus
Fagara formosa n. sp. citrus
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Trichilia branneri n. sp. mahogany
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombax aramariensis n. sp. cotton tree
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Gyminda latifolioides n. sp. false box
Maytenus dasycladoides n. sp. bittersweet
 Rosids - Moraceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Styracaceae
Styrax preferrugineum n. sp. storax
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrcia rostraformis n. sp. myrtle
 Primulales - Myrsinaceae
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Coccolobis tertiaria n. sp. knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Pisonia branneri n. sp. birdcatcher tree
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex bahiana n. sp.
Ilex bahiana n. sp. holly
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Cinnamomum incertum n. sp. cinnamon