Palinological study of an amber-bearing section in Totolapa, Chiapas, Mexico
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his paper identifies the palynological content of the stratigraphic sequence of the amber locality Totolapa, Chiapas. A total of 6 fossil genera belonging to fungospores and the identification of 11 genera-forms belonging to vascular plants were identified; the amber bearing stratum are represented Polypodiisporites (Polipodeaceae), Deltoidospora (Cyatheaceae), Cycadopites (Cicadaceae), Arecipites (Palmae), Momipites (Jungladaceae) and Zonocospites (Rizophoraceae) and the genra Avicennia, Pelliceira, Quercus and Pinus. By the association of fossil pollen the plant community belongs to a tropical evergreen forest near a mangrove. On the other hand, when performing a similarity analysis of the taxonomic elements found with the works reported in the region, this community resembles those reported by Tomasini-Ortiz in the locality of Simojovel. As a result, it is proposed that the amber-bearing strata of Simojovel may be restricted to a Lower Miocene age like those found in Totolapa.
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