Betijoque, Locality 7 (Miocene to of Venezuela)

Where: Trujillo, Venezuela (9.0° N, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 67.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

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 31280: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 29.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Geraniales -
 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Rosales - Papilionaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora boweni true mangrove
 Rosids - Moraceae
 Zingiberales - Musaceae
Heliconia elegans lobster-claw
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmophyllum sp. Conwentz 1886 palm
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona guppyi" = Annona, "Anona sphaerocarpoides n. sp." = Annona
"Anona guppyi" = Annona custard apple
"Anona sphaerocarpoides n. sp." = Annona custard apple
 Piperales - Piperaceae
Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Zamiaceae
? Zamia sp. Linnaeus 1763 cycads