Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.0° N, 67.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° N, 57.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1936. Tertiary plants from Venezuela. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2988):335-360 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31274: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 29.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Dicotyledoneae | |
Eugenia sp. Linnaeus 1753 myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Ficus americanafolia n. sp.
Ficus americanafolia n. sp. fig | |
Fabaceae indet. Lindley 1836 legume | |
Cedrela jacksoniana mahogany | |
cf. Apocynophyllum texensis dogbane | |
Lauraceae indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel | |
Araceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 |