Crato Cascata section / CAS-3 (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 150982: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 19.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Monocolpites
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Monocolpites "spp."
Monocolpites "spp." Van der Hammen 1954
Magnoliopsida
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Rousea cf. delicata, Rousea "spp."
Rousea "spp." Srivastava 1969
Angiospermae
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Retimonocolpites "sp. 7"
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites "spp.", Clavatipollenites "sp. AR1"
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "spp."
Tricolpites "spp." Couper 1953
Phimopollenites
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Phimopollenites "spp.", Phimopollenites pseudocheros
Phimopollenites "spp." Dettmann 1973