Potosi, 1915 collection (Pliocene to of Bolivia)

Where: Potosi, Bolivia (19.0° S, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 64.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuffaceous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1917. Fossil plants from Bolivia and their bearing upon the age of the uplift of the Eastern Andes. Proceedings of United States National Museum 54(2229):103-164 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32127: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 05.06.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rubiacites
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Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Angiospermae
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 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
 Rosales -
Dicotyledoneae
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cypselites potosianus n. sp. dogbane
 Poales - Poaceae
Festuca sp. Linnaeus 1753 fescue
? Phragmites sp. Adanson 1763 common reed
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Ruprechtia
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Acrostichum
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