Rio Aguaytia (Miocene to of Peru)

Where: Loreto, Peru (8.6° S, 75.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.8° S, 72.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, sandy shale

• "heavily bedded"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1925. Tertiary plants from Eastern Peru. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 6:163-181 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31226: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Vallea prepubescens n. sp.
Bignonia
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Bignonia neogenia n. sp.
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Momisia iguanaeaformis n. sp., Momisia asperulaformis n. sp.
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Pithecolobium presaman n. sp.
 Rosales - Cannabaceae
Trema micranthaformis n. sp.
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cassia bassleri n. sp., Cassia aguaytiensis n. sp.
Cassia bassleri n. sp. legume
Cassia aguaytiensis n. sp. legume
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Banisteria bassleri n. sp.
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Guazuma teriaria n. sp.
Guazuma teriaria n. sp. mallow
 Dilleniales - Dilleniaceae
Tetracera teriaria n. sp.
 Lamiales - Bignoniaceae
Bignonites americanum n. sp.
Bignonites americanum n. sp. trumpet vine