Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.0° N, 61.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 10.0° N, 60.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oropouche Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shale and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1925. A Pleistocene flora from the Island of Trinidad. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66:1-9 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31227: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Phyllites | |
Phyllites oropouchensis n. sp.
Phyllites oropouchensis n. sp. | |
Angiospermae | |
Pithecolobium unguis cati Martius 1837 | |
Clusia fossilia n. sp.
Clusia fossilia n. sp. | |
Rhizophora mangle Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove | |
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm | |
Persea americana laurel | |
Avicennia nitida verbena | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Mimusops preduplicata n. sp.
Mimusops preduplicata n. sp. | |
Conocarpus erectus Linnaeus 1753 |