Borehole Bj-I-PA-16 (Cretaceous to of Brazil)

Where: Para, Brazil (1.6° S, 49.6° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 24.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Zone II pollen zone, Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

• Not described in text

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve

Primary reference: G. F. W. Herngreen. 1975. Palynology of the Middle and Upper Cretaceous strata in Brazil. Medelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst, Nieuwe Serie 26:39-91 [C. Jaramillo/G. Doria/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144297: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gabriela Doria on 03.05.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Magnoliopsida
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Angiospermae
 Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
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Monosulcites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales -
Cycadopsida
 Gnetales -
Elaterocolpites castelaini Jardiné and Magloire 1962 elaterate
forma B
Elaterosporites protensus Jardiné 1967 elaterate
Polypodiopsida
  - Blechnaceae
Leptolepidites sp. Couper 1953
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Perotrilites pannuceus Brenner 1963 spikemoss
Reticulatasporites
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Sofrepites legouxae
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Sofrepites legouxae Jardiné 1967 elaterate