Loja- Lygodium collection ( of Ecuador)

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

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Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Lygodium bifidum n. sp. climbing fern