Cerro del Carmen seeds (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (25.5° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 75.2° W)

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When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: E. Estrada-Ruiz, L. Calvillo-Canadell, and S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz. 2009. Upper Cretaceous aquatic plants from Northern Mexico. American Journal of Botany 90(4):282-288 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116340: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 07.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Lythraceae