CA 87 - 1977 (Cretaceous to of Chile)

Where: Doceava Región, Chile (52.8° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 30.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Springhill Formation, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, argillaceous shale

• Nearshore

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collected by ENAP Oil Company

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• The material was provided by the ENAP Oil Company of Chile.

Primary reference: M. E. Quattrocchio, M. A. Martínez, A. Carpinelli Pavisich and W. Volkheimer. 2006. Early Cretaceous palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of well sections in northeastern Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:584-602 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150015: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 30.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Nostocales - Rivulariaceae
Celyphus rallus Batten 1973
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Callialasporites turbatus Schulz 1967 podocarp
Callialasporites dampieri Balme 1957 podocarp
Callialasporites trilobatus Balme 1957 podocarp
Podocarpidites cf. ellipticus Cookson 1947 podocarp
Phrixipollenites otagoensis Haskell 1968 podocarp
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales -
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites fissus Reiser and Williams 1969