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Ciano, Ecuador
Formation | Ciano |
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Age: | 122 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Aptian - Early Albian |
Lithology | siltstone, siltstone/sandstone |
Number of Collections | 9 |
Number of Occurrences | 33 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Locality 1 | El Oro Province, Ecuador | Ciano |
Locality 7 | Loja Province, Ecuador | Ciano |
Locality 15 | Ecuador | Ciano |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Otozamites sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Otozamites | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Zamites sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Zamites | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Carpites sp. genus | Plantae : Carpites | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Pinophyta phylum | Plantae : Pinophyta | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Pagiophyllum sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Pagiophyllum | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Podozamites lanceolatus species | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Podozamites : Podozamites lanceolatus | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Phyllites sp. genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Phyllites | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Nilsonia sp. genus | Plantae : Cycadophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Nilsonia | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Tracheophyta phylum | Plantae : Tracheophyta | 122.46 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Shoemaker R. E. (1982) Fossil leaves from the Lower Cretaceous Ciano Formation Southwestern Ecuador, Palaeontographica Abteilung B 180 4-6, 120-132 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!