Well XF-26, sample 64-64.6 m (Paleocene of French Guiana)

Where: French Guiana (5.7° N, 53.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 41.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: T. E. Wong. 1994. The Paleocene-Eocene succession in the Guiana Basin. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie 103:281-291 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209436: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Foraminifera
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Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina problema d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
"Siphonina prima" = Pulsiphonina prima Plummer 1927
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion spp. Monfort 1808
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina spp. d'Orbigny 1839