Puchoco Mine, Coronel (Miocene to of Chile)

Where: Chile (37.0° S, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° S, 69.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1922. The flora of the Concepcion-Arauco coal measures of Chile. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 4:73-143 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32461: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 01.07.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Rubiaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia chilensis coast redwood