Where: Maranhão , Brazil (5.4° S, 42.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.3° S, 42.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Camadas de Nova Iorque Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray, green, argillaceous, sandy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, original cellulose
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical
• Repositorio en Brasil: Coleción DMG, Departmanto Nacional de Producción Mineral, Sección Paleontología.
Primary reference: L. M. Anzótegui and P. Cristalli. 2000. Primer registro de hojas de Malvaceae en el Neógeno de Argentina y Brasil. Ameghiniana 37(2):169-180 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137300: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 14.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Malvaciphyllum sp. Anzótegui and Cristalli 2000 mallow |