Where: cat Island, Bahamas (24.9° N, 73.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 39.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, brown, silty claystone and lithified, ooidal, black, argillaceous claystone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical
Primary reference: D. Habib. 1969. Middle Cretaceous palynomorphs in a deep-sea core from the Seismic Reflector Horizon A outcrop area. Micropaleontology 15(1):1-4 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140569: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 12.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Equisetopsida | |
Foraminisporis dailyi Dettmann 1963 | |
Araucariacites limbatus Habib 1969 | |
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites dubius
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites
Inaperturopollenites dubius Thomson and Pflug 1953 | |
Classopollis torosus Burger 1965 | |
Psilatricolpites | |
Psilatricolpites psilatus Potonié 1966 | |
Retitricolpites | |
Gymnospermopsida | |
Ginkgocycadophytus | |
Ginkgocycadophytus nitidus de Jersey 1962 | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodiumsporites austroclavatidites Potonié 1956 clubmoss
Lycopodiumsporites clavatoides Couper 1958 clubmoss | |
Camarozonosporites rudis Klaus 1960 clubmoss | |
Exesipollenites tumulus | |
Exesipollenites tumulus Balme 1957 | |
Rugubivesiculites | |
Alisporites | |
Alisporites bilateralis Rouse 1959 | |
Galeacornea | |
Galeacornea "sp. A" Stover 1963 elaterate | |
Endosporites | |
Endosporites "sp. A" Wilson and Coe | |
Triplanosporites sinuosus | |
Triplanosporites sinuosus Thomson and Pflug 1953 | |
Apiculatisporis | |
Apiculatisporis babsae Brenner 1963 | |
Concavisporites | |
Pteridopsida | |
Lycopodiacidites ambifoveolatus Brenner 1963 | |
Ischyosporites punctatus, Echinatisporis longechinus, Cyathidites minor, Cyathidites australis, Matonisporites equiexinous, Matonisporites impensus, Matonisporites "sp. A", Matonisporites excavatus, Todisporites minor
Ischyosporites punctatus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Echinatisporis longechinus Krutzsch 1959
Cyathidites minor Couper 1953
Cyathidites australis Couper 1953
Matonisporites "sp. A" Couper 1958
Matonisporites excavatus Brenner 1963
Todisporites minor Couper 1953 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Cicatricosisporites australiensis Potonié 1956
Appendicisporites tricornitatus Weyland and Greifeld 1953 | |
Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946 | |
Sphenopsida | |
Calamospora mesozoica Couper 1958 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Eucommiidites troedssonii Potonié 1958 cycads | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites multicostatus Brenner 1963 | |
Vitreisporites pallidus Nilsson 1958 | |
Angiospermae | |
"Palmidites maximus" = Monosulcites (Palmidites), Monosulcites epakros, Monosulcites minimus, Monosulcites chaloneri
"Palmidites maximus" = Monosulcites (Palmidites)
Monosulcites epakros Brenner 1963
Monosulcites minimus Cookson 1947
Monosulcites chaloneri Brenner 1963 | |
Platysaccus elizabethae, Parvisaccites radiatus, "Tsugaepollenites discoides" = Callialasporites, Tsugaepollenites dampieri
Platysaccus elizabethae podocarp
Parvisaccites radiatus Couper 1958 podocarp
"Tsugaepollenites discoides" = Callialasporites podocarp
Tsugaepollenites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp | |
Pinopsida | |
Taurocusporites reduncus | |
Taurocusporites reduncus Stover 1962 | |
Taurocusporites segmentatus | |
Taurocusporites segmentatus Stover 1962 | |
Bryopsida | |
Stereisporites antiquasporites Dettmann 1963 | |
Hymenophyllumsporites | |
Schizosporis | |
Ostracoda | |
Discoidella hannae ostracod | |
Tricolpopollenites | |
Tricolpopollenites minutus Brenner 1963 |