Also known as Monocot Locality
Where: Azuay, Ecuador (3.4° S, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 76.2° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: El Salado Member (Iguincha Formation), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• 0 level is at the base of the outcrop.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified, graded, volcaniclastic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. A. Kowalski. 2001. Middle to late Miocene environments of southern Ecuador: temperature, elevation and fossil plants of the Nabon Basin. Ph.D. Dissertation, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan 1-437 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31052: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 08.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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