Crato Cascata section / CAS-8: Late/Upper Aptian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Phimopollenites informal sp. Dettmann 1973
Phimopollenites informal sp. A Dettmann 1973
Angiospermae
Retimonocolpites informal spp.
Retimonocolpites informal sp. 4 Pierce 1961
Angiospermae - Chloranthales - Chloranthaceae
Clavatipollenites informal spp.
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Dichastopollenites cf. ghazalatensis Ibrahim 1996
Angiospermae
Stellatopollis informal spp.
Stellatopollis cf. limai Ibrahim 2002
Stellatopollis barghoorni Doyle 1975
unclassified
Monocolpites informal spp.
Trisectoris reticulatus Heimhofer and Hochuli 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Ceará
Coordinates: 7.2° South, 39.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.7° South, 7.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rio da Batateira
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified muddy mudstone
Lithology description: The succession is essentially composed of coarse- to fine-grained deltaic sand and siltstones, interbedded with dark mudstones. Small, dispersed coalified plant fragments are common. In the upper part, several thin (up to 0.5 m) laminated limestone beds can be distinguished (transition beds).
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydrochloric,hydroflouric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:150985
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:P. Santamarina
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2013-09-19 05:40:01 Last modified:2013-09-18 14:40:01
Access level:authorizer only Released:2018-09-19 05:40:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48227. 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]