Lake Maracaibo borehole (Eocene of Venezuela)
Where: Venezuela (9.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 62.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Misoa Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; quartzose, gray sandstone and micaceous shale
• gray quartzitic sandstones intercalated with micaceous and carbonaceous laminated shales
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: V. Rull. 1998. Middle Eocene Mangroves and Vegetation Changes in the Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela. Palaios 13(3):287-296 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 212369: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Pteridopsida | |
| Retitricolpites | |
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Retitricolpites simplex González-Guzmán 1967
Retitricolpites amapaensis Regali et al. 1974 | |
| Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus | |
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Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966 | |
| Psilatricolporites operculatus | |
"Psilatricolporites operculatus" = Ranunculacidites operculatus
"Psilatricolporites operculatus" = Ranunculacidites operculatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Psilamonocolpites | |
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Psilamonocolpites sp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
| Retitricolporites irregularis | |
"Retitricolporites irregularis" = Retitrescolpites irregularis
"Retitricolporites irregularis" = Retitrescolpites irregularis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Retitricolpites magnus | |
"Retitricolpites magnus" = Retitrescolpites magnus
"Retitricolpites magnus" = Retitrescolpites magnus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
| Magnoliopsida | |
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Verrustephanoporites simplex Leidelmeyer 1966
Psilatricolporites crassus Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964
Gemmamonocolpites sp. Van der Hammen and Garcia 1966 | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Monoporites annulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
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Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968 | |
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Bombacacidites sp. Couper 1960
Bombacacidites soleaformis Müller et al. 1987 | |
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Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 | |
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Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm | |
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Retimonocolpites retifossulatus Lorente 1986 | |
| Gemmastephanoporites polymorphus | |
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Gemmastephanoporites polymorphus González-Guzmán 1967 | |
| Psilaperiporites robustus | |
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Psilaperiporites robustus Regali et al. 1974 | |