Crato Cascata section / CAS-5 (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 150983: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 19.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
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Retimonocolpites "sp. 3", Retimonocolpites "spp.", Stellatopollis "spp.", Stellatopollis cf. limai
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "spp."
Tricolpites "spp." Couper 1953
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites cf. lenticularis
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites "spp.", Clavatipollenites cf. minutus
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Dichastopollenites "spp."
Dichastopollenites "spp." May 1975 water lily
Magnoliopsida
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Rousea "spp.", Rousea cf. georgensis
Rousea "spp." Srivastava 1969
Rousea cf. georgensis Dettmann 1973
Monocolpites
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Monocolpites "spp."
Monocolpites "spp." Van der Hammen 1954