Where: Loja, Ecuador (4.0° S, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 72.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tertiary (66.0 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1933. A new Lygodium from the late Tertiary of Ecuador. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 23(4):208-210 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32220: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 12.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Lygodium bifidum n. sp.
Lygodium bifidum n. sp. climbing fern |