PBDB Collection

Loja, 1927 collection (Miocene to of Ecuador)

Where: Ecuador (4.0° S, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 76.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and argillaceous, sandy siliciclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1929. The fossil flora of the Loja Basin in Southern Ecuador. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 10:79-135 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32188: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 09.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Elaphoglossum carrioni n. sp., Coussapoa carrioni n. sp., Manihot tertiaria n. sp., Serjania tertiaria n. sp., Melochia carrioni n. sp., Couroupita tertiaria n. sp., Plumeria tertiaria n. sp. Elaphoglossum carrioni n. sp. Coussapoa carrioni n. sp. Manihot tertiaria n. sp. Serjania tertiaria n. sp. Melochia carrioni n. sp. Couroupita tertiaria n. sp. Plumeria tertiaria n. sp.
Filicites
-	Filicites lojanus n. sp. Filicites lojanus n. sp.
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae	Goniopteris cochabambensis Goniopteris cochabambensis
Magnoliopsida
-	Magnoliopsida indet. Magnoliopsida indet. Cronquist et al. 1996
Angiospermae
Poales - Poaceae	Poacites magnus Poacites magnus grass
Laurales - Lauraceae	Mespilodaphne lojana n. sp. Mespilodaphne lojana n. sp. laurel
Santalales - Loranthaceae	Phoradendron fossile Phoradendron fossile mistletoe
Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae	Pisonia witti Pisonia witti birdcatcher tree
Rosales - Ulmaceae	Momisia ecuadorensis n. sp. Momisia ecuadorensis n. sp. elm
Rosales - Papilionaceae	Lonchocarpus engelhardti Lonchocarpus engelhardti n. comb.
Rosales - Rhamnaceae	Rhamnidium elaeocarpoides n. sp. Rhamnidium elaeocarpoides n. sp. buckthorn
Fabales - Fabaceae	Cassia longifolia, Cassia ? bassleri, Inga lojaensis n. sp., Inga engelhardti, Leguminosites grandis, Leguminosites engelhardti n. sp. Cassia longifolia legume Cassia ? bassleri legume Inga lojaensis n. sp. legume Inga engelhardti legume new comb. Leguminosites grandis legume Leguminosites engelhardti n. sp. legume
Dicotyledoneae
Ericales - Styracaceae	Styrax styracoides Styrax styracoides storax
Papaverales - Capparidaceae	Capparis verrucosafolia n. sp. Capparis verrucosafolia n. sp. caper
Myrtales - Myrtaceae	Eugenia ovalifolia Eugenia ovalifolia myrtle
Bignonia
-	Bignonia tertiaria n. sp. Bignonia tertiaria n. sp.
Bryopsida
-	Muscites sp. Muscites sp. Brongniart 1828