PL-1 (Pedro Luro 1532-1584 mbnm) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (39.5° S, 62.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° S, 46.8° W)

When: UC15 foram zone, Colorado Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, muddy, sandy siliciclastic sediments

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: J. P. Pérez Panera. 2015. Calcareous nannofossil events in the late cretaceous at Pedro Luro borehole, Colorado basin, Argentina. Libro de Resumenes de la Reunion de Comunicaciones de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 14more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236901: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Antonio Pasini on 05.11.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Coccolithophyceae
 Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Watznaueria barnesae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Braarudosphaera bigelowi
 Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae
Rhagodiscus augustus
 Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Chiastozygus literatrius, Placozygus spiralis
 Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae
Seribiscutum primitivus
 Podorhabdales - Axopodorhabdaceae
Nephrolithus frequens, Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii
Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii Arkhangelsky 1912
 Podorhabdales - Prediscosphaeraceae
Prediscosphaera cretacea, Prediscosphaera stoveri
Prediscosphaera cretacea Arkhangelsky 1912
Prediscosphaera stoveri Perch-Nielsen 1968
 Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae
Biscutum magnum, Biscutum melaniae, Seribiscutum primitivum
Biscutum magnum Wind and Wise 1977
Biscutum melaniae Górka 1957
Seribiscutum primitivum Thierstein et al. 1974
 Arkhangelskiales - Arkhangelskiellaceae
Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis, Arkhangelskiella maastrichtiana
 Arkhangelskiales - Kamptneriaceae
Gartnerago segmentatum, Kamptnerius magnificus
Kamptnerius magnificus Deflandre 1959
 Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
Eiffellithus turriseiffelii, Eiffellithus gorkae, Helicolithus trabeculatus
Eiffellithus gorkae Reinhardt 1965
 Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Reinhardtites anthophorus, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus, Staurolithites zoensis
Zeugrhabdotus erectus Deflandre 1954
Staurolithites zoensis Burnett 1998
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Coccolithus pelagicus, Micrantholithus sp., Cruciplacolithus primus
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
Micrantholithus sp. Deflandre 1954
Cruciplacolithus primus Perch-Nielsen 1977
  - Calyptrosphaeraceae
Calculites obscurus, Acuturris scotus, Lucianorhabdus maleformis
Calculites obscurus Deflandre 1959
Acuturris scotus Rissati 1973
Lucianorhabdus maleformis Reinhardt 1966
 Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Micula "sp. A", Micula concava, Micula staurophora
Micula "sp. A" Vekshina 1959 coccolithophore
Micula concava Stradner 1960 coccolithophore
Micula staurophora Gardet 1955 coccolithophore
Dinophyceae
 Thoracosphaerales -
Thoracosphaera sp.
Thoracosphaera sp. Kamptner 1927
Toweius
  - Coccolithacea
Toweius africanus
Toweius africanus Perch-Nielsen 1981