Level 490.6, Hole GH-9, Culebra Fm.: Early Miocene, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Antrophyum sp. microspore
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
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informal Fern informal trilete spore microspore
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3 %-specimens | ||||||
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informal Fern informal monolete spore microspore
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33 %-specimens | ||||||
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Cryosophila sp. microspore
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7.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Synechanthus sp. microspore
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2.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Plantae indet. microspore
Haeckel 1866
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14.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Rhizophoraceae
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Rhizophora sp. microspore
Linnaeus 1753
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3.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Malvaceae
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Malvaceae indet. microspore
de Jussieu 1789
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4.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Allophylus sp. microspore
Linnaeus 1753
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Gramineae indet. microspore
de Jussieu
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.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Manicaria sp. microspore
Gaertner 1791
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7.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Lycopodiopsida
- Selaginellales
- Selaginellaceae
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Selaginella sp. microspore
Beauvois 1804
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6.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Lygodiaceae
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Lygodium sp. microspore
Swartz 1800
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Cyatheales
- Cyatheaceae
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Cyathea sp. microspore
Smith 1793
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12 %-specimens | ||||||
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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: | 490.6 |
| 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: | 32399 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-06-27 14:55:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-27 14:55:01 |
| 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] |