Pisllypampa (Pliocene to of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (17.0° S, 66.2° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 65.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Plants come from 2 layers, numbered 2 and 4.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow siliciclastic sediments and claystone

• Layer 2 is a "compact, buff tuff".

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1922. Pliocene fossil plants from Eastern Bolivia. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 4:145-203 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32043: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 02.06.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Coussapoa pliocenica n. sp., Pilocarpus bolivianus n. sp., Protium fossilium n. sp., Mesopilodaphne boliviana n. sp.
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Goniopteris cochabambensis n. sp.
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia pectinata
Gleichenia pectinata
var. fossilia
Filicites
  -
Filicites elaphoglossoides n. sp.
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrcia pliocenica n. sp.
Myrcia pliocenica n. sp. myrtle
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon pliocenicum n. sp., Chrysophyllum crassum n. sp.
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona cochabambensis n. sp." = Annona
"Anona cochabambensis n. sp." = Annona custard apple
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Iriartites boliviensis n. sp.
 Zingiberales - Musaceae
Heliconia tertiaria n. sp.
Heliconia tertiaria n. sp. lobster-claw
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Pisonia pliocenica n. sp.
Pisonia pliocenica n. sp. birdcatcher tree
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Pithecolobium palcanum n. sp.
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Cassia pisllypampensis n. sp., Cassia coriacea n. sp., Cassia polcana n. sp.
Cassia coriacea n. sp. legume
Cassia polcana n. sp. legume
Magnoliopsida
  -
Magnoliopsida indet.
Magnoliopsida indet. Cronquist et al. 1996
Saccoglottis
  -
Saccoglottis tertiaria n. sp.
Saccoglottis tertiaria n. sp. Berry 1922