Mina Caldas section / CAL-21 (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Caerá, Brazil (7.4° S, 39.4° W: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 7.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Crato Formation (Santana Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, silty siltstone and lithified, argillaceous mudstone

• The section covers ∼20 m and spans almost the entire Crato Formation including the two prominent limestone units of the Nova Olinda (∼6 m) and Jamacaru (∼2.5 m) members as well as the intercalated sand-, silt- and mudstones of the

•Caldas and Casa de Pedra members.

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

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 150990: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 19.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Phimopollenites
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Phimopollenites "sp."
Phimopollenites "sp." Dettmann 1973
Magnoliopsida
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Rousea cf. delicata, Rousea cf. georgensis, Rousea aff. geranioides
Rousea cf. georgensis Dettmann 1973
Rousea aff. geranioides Srivastava 1977
Angiospermae
 Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites "spp."
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites "spp.", Tricolpites "sp. AR3"
Tricolpites "spp." Couper 1953
Tricolpites "sp. AR3" Couper 1953
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites cf. lenticularis
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Retimonocolpites "sp. 7", Retimonocolpites "spp."
 Alismatales -
Pennipollis "spp.", Pennipollis "sp. AR3", Pennipollis "sp. 4"
Pennipollis "spp." Friis 2000
Pennipollis "sp. 4" Friis 2000
Trisectoris
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Trisectoris reticulatus
Trisectoris reticulatus Heimhofer and Hochuli 2010