Level 470.6, Hole GH-9, Culebra Fm.: Early Miocene, Panama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Casearia sp. microspore Quenstedt 1858
1.5 %-specimens
unclassified
2 %-specimens
6 %-specimens
15 %-specimens
Cryosophila sp. microspore
8.5 %-specimens
Desmoncus sp. microspore
.5 %-specimens
Synechanthus sp. microspore
2 %-specimens
Tetrorchidium sp. microspore
1.5 %-specimens
cf. Pouteria sp. microspore
.5 %-specimens
Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae
Danaea sp. microspore (Pruvost 1922)
.5 %-specimens
unclassified
19 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Connaraceae
cf. Rourea sp. microspore Aublet 1775
1.5 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
5.5 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae indet. microspore de Jussieu 1789
1 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Malvaceae indet. microspore de Jussieu 1789
3.5 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae indet. microspore de Jussieu 1789
1 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
2.5 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Manicaria sp. microspore Gaertner 1791
5 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae
Dioscoreaceae indet. microspore Brown 1810
.5 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Combretaceae
Combretaceae indet. microspore Brown 1810
3 %-specimens
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet. microspore de Jussieu 1789
1.5 %-specimens
Lycopodiopsida - Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
3.5 %-specimens
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella sp. microspore Beauvois 1804
7 %-specimens
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Cyatheaceae
Cyathea sp. microspore Smith 1793
5.5 %-specimens
unclassified
Matayba sp. microspore Aublet 1775
.5 %-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:470.6
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
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
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:32396
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-06-27 14:51:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-27 14:51:22
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]