Where: Potosi, Bolivia (19.4° S, 65.5° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° S, 64.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliocene to Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; tuffaceous siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1939. The fossil flora of Potosi, Bolivia. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 13:9-67 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32143: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 06.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Osteomeles pliocenica, Enterolobium grandifolium, Peltophorum membranaceum, Amicia antiqua, Machaerium eriocarpoides, Machaerium milleri, Drepanocarpus franckei, Platypodium potosianum, Porlieria tertiaria, Duvaua pliocenica n. sp. , Myrteola potosiana, Cuphea antiqua, Jacaranda potosina
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| Phyllites |
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| Polypodiopsida |
| Polypodiales - Polypodiidae |
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| - Polypodiaceae |
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| Coniferales - Podocarpaceae |
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| Angiospermae |
| Gentianales - Rubiaceae |
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| Piperales - Piperaceae |
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| Fagales - Myricaceae |
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| Rosales - Papilionaceae |
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| Rosales - Mimosaceae |
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| Rosales - |
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| Fabales - Fabaceae |
Cassia chrysocarpoides, Cassia singewaldi, Cassia wendtii, Cassia ligustrinoidea, Cassia cultrifoliaformis, Copaifera corocoriana, Acacia uninervifolia, Acacia dimidiato-cordata, Acacia tenuifolia, Inga ochseniusi, Aeschynomene bolivianum, Caesalpinia gmehlingi
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| Sapindales - Sapindaceae |
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| Dicotyledoneae |
| Ericales - Ericaceae |
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| Ericales - Vacciniaceae |
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