Level 377, Hole GH-9, Culebra Fm.: Early Miocene, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
20 specimens
Cryosophila sp. microspore
5 specimens
Synechanthus sp. microspore
30 specimens
18 specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
6 specimens
Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Malvaceae indet. microspore de Jussieu 1789
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Manicaria sp. microspore Gaertner 1791
15 specimens
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella sp. microspore Beauvois 1804
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Panama
Coordinates: 9.0° North, 79.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
*Period:Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Miocene
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Culebra Local bed:377
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Shale is lignitic.
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:32390
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-06-27 14:35:54 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-27 14:35:54
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

8740. A. Graham. 1988. Studies in Neotropical Paleobotany. V. The Lower Miocene Communities of Panama - The Culebra Formation. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75:1440-1466 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski]