Where: Panama (9.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 77.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Culebra Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lignite
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. Graham. 1988. Studies in Neotropical Paleobotany. V. The Lower Miocene Communities of Panama - The Culebra Formation. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75:1440-1466 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 32396: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 27.06.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cyathea sp. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern | |
Angiospermae | |
Manicaria sp. Gaertner 1791 palm | |
Dioscoreaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Amaranthaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
cf. Rourea sp. Aublet 1775 | |
Malpighiaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove | |
Malvaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 mallow | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Combretaceae indet. Brown 1810 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |
Selaginella sp. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Danaea sp. Pruvost 1922 elasmobranch | |
Hexactinellida | |
Casearia sp. Quenstedt 1858 glass sponge | |
Matayba | |
Matayba sp. Aublet 1775 |