Quebrada Chiquero flora ( of Venezuela)

Where: Anzoategui, Venezuela (8.5° N, 63.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° N, 57.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tertiary (66.0 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

• buff, stratified, rather pure clay

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. W. Berry. 1939. Fossil plants from the state of Anzoategui, Venezuela. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 13:137-155 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31247: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 25.04.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Trigonia varians, Theobroma tertiaria n. sp., Rheedia preacuminata n. sp., Hernandia sp., Geissanthus brittoni
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
"Anona saravania" = Annona
"Anona saravania" = Annona custard apple
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Combretaceae
Combretum jacquinifolia n. sp.
Combretum jacquinifolia n. sp. bushwillow
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Eugenia camparabilis
 Ericales - Styracaceae
? Styrax lehneri
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Chrysophyllum cainitoformis n. sp., Mimusops miocenica
Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Nectandra curvatifolia, Persea macrophylloides, Persea preamericana
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Pithecolobium tenuifolium
 Malpighiales - Clusiaceae
Calophyllum calabaformis
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Inga kugleri, Cassia leptocarpoides
 Celastrales - Celastraceae
Maytenus anzoateguiensis n. sp., Maytenus trinitense
Maytenus anzoateguiensis n. sp. bittersweet
Maytenus trinitense bittersweet
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Cedrela preodorata, Trichilia hirtaformis
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Tapirira lanceolata