Sheroli Creek, Uscari sequence (Miocene of Costa Rica)

Where: Costa Rica (9.0° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• The plants come thin beds from the Uscari sequence.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; shale and sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Graham. 1987. Miocene communities and paleoenvironments of Southern Costa Rica. American Journal of Botany 74(10):1501-1518 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31168: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 15.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Ascomycota - Microthyriaceae
Microthyrium sp.
Microthyrium sp. Desmazières
unclassified
  -
Muscae indet., Filicineae indet., Pityrogramma sp., Bombacaeae indet., cf. Glycydendrum sp., Lisianthus sp., Filicineae indet. 2, cf. Banisteriopsis sp., "Unknown" sp.
Polypodiopsida
  - Dicksoniaceae
Lophosoria sp.
Lophosoria sp. Presl 1847
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
"Cnemidaria sp." = Cyathea
"Cnemidaria sp." = Cyathea Smith 1793 scaly tree fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Pteridaceae indet., Pteridaceae indet 2, Pteridaceae indet 2., Pteris spp.
Pteridaceae indet. Reichenbach
Trilete
Pteridaceae indet 2 Reichenbach
trilete
Pteridaceae indet 2. Reichenbach
trilete
Pteris spp. Linnaeus 1753
2 types
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium spp.
Lycopodium spp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
3 types
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella spp.
Selaginella spp. Beauvois 1804 spikemoss
2 types
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus spp.
Podocarpus spp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
2 species
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet.
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eugenia sp.
Eugenia sp. Linnaeus 1753 myrtle
 Myrtales - Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae indet.
Melastomataceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp.
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
Rhizophora sp.
Rhizophora sp. Linnaeus 1753 true mangrove
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
cf. Hiraea sp.
cf. Hiraea sp. Jacquin 1763
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Alchornea sp.
Alchornea sp. Swartz 1788 spurge
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Phaeoceros sp.
Phaeoceros sp. Proskauer 1951 legume
Hymenophyllum
  -
cf. Hymenophyllum sp.