Ragley Lumber #D1 well - 10721ft: Eocene, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Calamuspollenites spp. microspore
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Casurinidites pulcher microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tiliaepollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nudopollis terminalis microspore
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Thompsonipollis magnificus microspore
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Sterisporites bujargensis microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sterisporites bimammatus microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Inapertisporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Diporicellaesporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Monoporisporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lycopodophyta informal Trilete spore spp. microspore
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cedripites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Divisisporites spp. microspore
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Bombacaceae
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Bombacacidites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Margocolporites kruschii microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Euphorbiaceae
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Tricolporopollenites spp. microspore
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Cupuliferoipollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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Platycaryapollenites platycaryoides microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Momipites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caryapollenites prodromus-imparalis type microspore
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5 specimens | |||||||||
(Nichols and Ott, 1978) | ||||||||||
Caryapollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites hians microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Triporopollenites spp. microspore
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Caryophyllales
- Chenopodiaceae
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Chenopodipollis spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Liliaceae
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Liliacidites spp. microspore
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Magnoliopsida
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Favitricolporites baculoferous microspore
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Basopollis obscurocostatus microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Coniferales
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Coniferales informal Bisaccate spp. microspore
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Taxodium spp. microspore
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Pinuspollenites spp. microspore
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Piceapollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lycopodiopsida
- Lycopodiales
- Lycopodiaceae
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Hamulatisporites amplus microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lycopodiumsporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Verrucatosporites spp. microspore
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Polypodium spp. microspore
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Laevigatosporites spp. microspore
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniaceae
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Gleicheniidites spp. microspore
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Microfoveolatosporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis microspore
Potonie and Gelletich 1933
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28 specimens | |||||||||
unclassified
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Microreticulatisporites spp. microspore
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora spp. microspore
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Leiotriletes spp. microspore
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Osmundacidites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
unclassified
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Converrucosisporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Microfoveolatosporis pseudodentatus microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chlorophyceae
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Pediastrum spp. microspore
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2-9 category | |||||||||
unclassified
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Perotriletes spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Quercoidites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Allen |
Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 92.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 81.0° West |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
*Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Eocene - Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Clairbornian - Clairbornian |
Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Wilcox | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Gregory and Hart (1995a, pollen and spores) do not recognize the Clairbornian in the core, but in Gregory and Hart (1995, dinoflagellates), they do. Both papers look at the same samples from the same core and derive different age assignments because they treat each independently. RAL elected to enter a uniform age assignment for both papers. |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: """"50 siltstones and shale samples"""" - individual sample lithology not specified | |||
Environment: | deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Geology comments: Although the authors discuss prodelta and delta front as depositional environments, they do not specify explicitly which they choose. The most specific correct entry is thus selected here. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | original chitin,original sporopollenin |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,chemical |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Author uses 'r' to denote 'single occurrence' and 's' to denote '1
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Taxonomic list comments:Some species names are excluded (particularly for gymnosperms) for many of the taxa listed. Abundance data good, but requires marine palynomorph info from Gregory and Hart (1995b) to complete counts. |
Metadata
Database number: | 11094 | ||
Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | R. Vaughn, A. McGowan |
Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2001-07-13 08:38:36 | Last modified: | 2003-09-15 10:57:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-07-13 08:38:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4067. | W. A. Gregory and G. F. Hart. 1995. Distribution of pollen and spores in a subsurface marine Wilcox (Paleocene-Eocene) section in southwest Louisiana. Palynology 19:1-43 [R. Lupia/R. Vaughn] |