Sample 21, Locality A, La Boca Fm. (Miocene of Panama)

Where: Panama (9.1° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 77.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Boca Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; mudstone and siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Graham. 1989. Studies in neotropical paleobotany. VII. The Lower Miocene communities of Panama - the La Boca Formation. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76:50-66 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32337: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 25.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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cf. Antrophyum sp., "Fern" "monolete spore", Crudia sp., Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteris sp.
Pteris sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Cyathea sp.
Cyathea sp. Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora sp.
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Tetrameristaceae
Pelliciera sp.
Pelliciera sp. Planchon and Triana 1862
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium sp.
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
Attalea
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Attalea sp.
Attalea sp. Kunth 1815