Vema 281 (Cretaceous to of Bahamas)

Where: Off-shore, Bahamas (24.9° N, 73.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 39.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Albian to Albian (113.0 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, graded, calcareous sandstone and lithified, black, green, argillaceous claystone

• Interbedded graded foraminiferal and coral sands/ Homogeneous greenish black clay

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve

Primary reference: D. Habib. 1970. Middle Cretaceous palynomorph assemblages from clays near the Horizon Beta deep-sea outcrop. Micropaleontology 16:345-379 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142272: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 07.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiumsporites clavatoides Couper 1958 clubmoss
 Selaginellales -
Camarozonosporites rudis Klaus 1960 clubmoss
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Tsugaepollenites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Parvisaccites radiatus Couper 1958 podocarp
 Coniferales -
Angiospermae
  -
Monosulcites minimus Cookson 1947
Monosulcites epakros Brenner 1963
 Gunnerales -
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Concavisporites
  -
Pteridopsida
  -
Apiculatisporis
  -
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
  - Gleicheniaceae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Appendicisporites tricornitatus Weyland and Greifeld 1953
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Eucommiidites troedssonii Potonié 1958 cycads
Sphenopsida
  -
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
 Ephedrales -
Bryopsida
  -
Taurocusporites reduncus
  -
Taurocusporites segmentatus
  -
Psilatricolpites
  -
Retitricolpites
  -
Equisetopsida
 Anthocerotidae - Anthocerotidae
Foraminisporis dailyi Dettmann 1963
 Cupressales - Pinidae
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites, Inaperturopollenites dubius
"Spheripollenites psilatus" = Sphaeripollenites
Inaperturopollenites dubius Thomson and Pflug 1953
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Gymnospermopsida
  -
Alisporites
  -
Exesipollenites tumulus
  -
Rugubivesiculites
  -
Ginkgocycadophytus
  -
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Tricolpopollenites
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