Well XF-26, sample 74.4-74.6 m: Late Paleocene, French Guiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Discorbis midwayensis Cushman 1940
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides midwayensis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nonion spp. de Montfort 1808
unclassified
Smoutina cruysi
Boldia carinata
Storrsella haastersi
Bolivinidae
Bolivina spp. d'Orbigny 1839
Rotaliidae
Pararotalia guianensis
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Valvulina pupa
Valvulina triangularis
see common names

Geography
Country:French Guiana
Coordinates: 5.7° North, 53.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° North, 35.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Late Paleocene
Age range of interval: 59.2 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:lagoonal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:209439
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2020-05-03 00:01:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-05-03 00:01:24
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
72274. 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]