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 | |
Bignonia | |
Antholithus | |
Antholithus heimiaformis n. sp.
Antholithus heimiaformis n. sp. | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Gleichenia pectinataforma n. sp.
Gleichenia pectinataforma n. sp. | |
Angiospermae | |
Metopium prenuntium n. sp.
Metopium prenuntium n. sp. poisonwood | |
Sapindus presaponaria n. sp.
Sapindus presaponaria n. sp. soapnut | |
Fagara miocenica n. sp.
Fagara miocenica n. sp. citrus | |
Trichilia hirtaformis mahogany | |
Simaruba glaucaformis n. sp.
Simaruba glaucaformis n. sp. | |
Drypetes laterifloraforma n. sp.
Drypetes laterifloraforma n. sp. spurge | |
Cassia yumuriensis n. sp. legume
Dalbergia hesperia n. sp. legume
Caesalpinia prebahamensis n. sp. legume | |
Zizyphus minor n. sp. buckthorn
Zizyphus elliptica n. sp. buckthorn
Reynosia latifolioides n. sp. buckthorn | |
Caesalpinites incertus n. sp.
Caesalpinites incertus n. sp. | |
Celastrus simplex n. sp.
Celastrus simplex n. sp. bittersweet | |
? 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. | |
Angiospermae | |
Pisonia longifoliaformis n. sp.
Pisonia longifoliaformis n. sp. birdcatcher tree | |
Exostema precaribaeum n. sp.
Exostema precaribaeum n. sp. coffee | |
Heliconia sp. Linnaeus 1771 lobster-claw | |
Arecaceae indet. von Berchtold and Presl 1820 palm |