Yumuri River Gorge (Miocene to of Cuba)

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

• Incorporate, littoral and eolian sands

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
  -
Bignonia
  -
Antholithus
  -
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Metopium prenuntium n. sp. poisonwood
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindus presaponaria n. sp. soapnut
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Fagara miocenica n. sp. citrus
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
 Geraniales -
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cassia yumuriensis n. sp. legume
Dalbergia hesperia n. sp. legume
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Zizyphus minor n. sp. buckthorn
Zizyphus elliptica n. sp. buckthorn
Reynosia latifolioides n. sp. buckthorn
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
 Rosales -
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Celastrus simplex n. sp. bittersweet
 Rosids - Moraceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrcia prerostrata n. sp. myrtle
Myrcia minor n. sp. myrtle
Eugenia ovatifolia n. sp. myrtle
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Pisonia longifoliaformis n. sp. birdcatcher tree
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
Exostema precaribaeum n. sp. coffee
 Zingiberales - Musaceae
Heliconia sp. Linnaeus 1771 lobster-claw
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm