Where: Matanzas, Cuba (21.0° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 75.3° 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: eolian; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1939. A Miocene flora from the gorge of the Yumuri River, Matanzas, Cuba. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 13:95-135 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32044: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 02.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleichenia pectinataforma n. sp.
Gleichenia pectinataforma n. sp. | |
Angiospermae | |
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm | |
Heliconia sp. Linnaeus 1771 lobster-claw | |
Pisonia longifoliaformis n. sp.
Pisonia longifoliaformis n. sp. birdcatcher tree | |
Exostema precaribaeum n. sp.
Exostema precaribaeum n. sp. coffee | |
Pithecolobium yumuriensis n. sp.
Pithecolobium yumuriensis n. sp. | |
Caesalpinites incertus n. sp.
Caesalpinites incertus n. sp. | |
Zizyphus minor n. sp. buckthorn
Zizyphus elliptica n. sp. buckthorn
Reynosia latifolioides n. sp. buckthorn | |
Dalbergia hesperia n. sp., Cassia yumuriensis n. sp., Inga leonii n. sp., Inga miocenica n. sp., Caesalpinia prebahamensis n. sp.
Dalbergia hesperia n. sp. legume
Cassia yumuriensis n. sp. legume
Inga leonii n. sp. legume
Inga miocenica n. sp. legume
Caesalpinia prebahamensis n. sp. legume | |
Celastrus simplex n. sp.
Celastrus simplex n. sp. bittersweet | |
Drypetes laterifloraforma n. sp.
Drypetes laterifloraforma n. sp. spurge | |
Simaruba glaucaformis n. sp.
Simaruba glaucaformis n. sp. | |
Sapindus presaponaria n. sp.
Sapindus presaponaria n. sp. soapnut | |
Trichilia hirtaformis mahogany | |
Metopium prenuntium n. sp.
Metopium prenuntium n. sp. poisonwood | |
Fagara miocenica n. sp.
Fagara miocenica n. sp. citrus | |
? Pseudolmedia spuriaformis n. sp.
? Pseudolmedia spuriaformis n. sp. mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Capparis prejamaicensis n. sp.
Capparis prejamaicensis n. sp. caper | |
Laguncularia racemosafolia n. sp.
Laguncularia racemosafolia n. sp. | |
Antholithus | |
Antholithus heimiaformis n. sp.
Antholithus heimiaformis n. sp. | |
Bignonia | |