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