Crato Cascata section / CAS-2 (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Ceará, Brazil (7.2° S, 39.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 7.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rio da Batateira Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, sandy sandstone and lithified, muddy mudstone

• The succession is essentially composed of coarse- to fine-grained deltaic sand and siltstones, interbedded with dark mudstones. Small, dispersed coalified plant fragments are common. In the upper part, several thin (up to 0.5 m) laminated limestone beds can be distinguished (transition beds).

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: U. Heimhofer and P.-A. Hochuli. 2010. Early Cretaceous angiosperm pollen from a low latitude succession (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 161:105-126 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 150981: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 19.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Magnoliopsida
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Rousea aff. geranioides
Rousea aff. geranioides Srivastava 1977
Angiospermae
 Austrobaileyales - Trimeniaceae
Cretacaeiporites cf. mulleri
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Retimonocolpites "sp. 7", Stellatopollis "sp.AR1", Stellatopollis "spp.", Stellatopollis cf. limai, Stellatopollis largissimus
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Dichastopollenites cf. ghazalatensis
Dichastopollenites cf. ghazalatensis Ibrahim 1996 water lily
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "spp."
Tricolpites "spp." Couper 1953
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites "spp.", Clavatipollenites cf. tenellis, Clavatipollenites cf. minutus
Clavatipollenites cf. tenellis Paden et al. 1971
Phimopollenites
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Phimopollenites "sp."
Phimopollenites "sp." Dettmann 1973
Asteropollis
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Asteropollis "spp."
Asteropollis "spp." Hedlund and Norris 1968
Monocolpites
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Monocolpites "spp."
Monocolpites "spp." Van der Hammen 1954
Trisectoris
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Trisectoris reticulatus, Trisectoris cf. reticulatus
Trisectoris reticulatus Heimhofer and Hochuli 2010
Trisectoris cf. reticulatus Heimhofer and Hochuli 2010