Carlos A. Jaramillo,^1,*,** Carlos D'Apolito,^2,*** Silane A. F. da Silva-Caminha,^3,**** Dayenari Caballero-Rodríguez<sup>1,*****

1</sup>Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
²Center for Biological and Natural Sciences, Universidad Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil
³Faculty of Geosciences, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil

^*CONTACT Carlos A. Jaramillo ✉ jaramilloc@si.edu Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
^**Carlos A. Jaramillo is a staff scientist with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. His research investigates the causes, patterns, and processes of tropical biodiversity at diverse scales of time and space. He is also interested in Cretaceous-Cenozoic biostratigraphy of low latitudes, developing methods for high-resolution biostratigraphy, and the paleobiogeography of Tethys.
^***Carlos D'Apolito is a biology professor at the University of Acre, southwestern Brazilian Amazonia. His research interests are the origins and evolution of Neotropical plant diversity over time, with special emphasis in the Neogene-Quaternary of the Amazon biome, as well as in palynostratigraphy.
^****Silane A. F. da Silva Caminha is a lecturer at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil. Her primary research interests encompass Neogene pollen analysis, paleoecology, and pollen morphology, with a specific focus on the origin and evolution of the Amazon and Pantanal regions.
^*****Dayenari Caballero-Rodriguez is a data scientist specialized in paleoecology; she worked at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute analyzing modern and fossil pollen records, among other indicators, to reconstruct past environments. Her expertise in statistics and data management has enabled her to develop computational tools to improve the microfossil analyses and bioimaging processes.