Sierra de Maraguan palynoflora, KU collection: Middle Eocene, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Retitricolpites sp. microspore
Van der Hammen 1956
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19.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Retitricolporoides sp. microspore
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1.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Echitricolpites sp. microspore
Regali et al. 1974
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3.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
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Retimonocolpites sp. microspore
Pierce 1961
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.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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? Retimonocolpites sp. microspore
Pierce 1961
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1 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malvales
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Malvacipollis tschudyi microspore
(Frederiksen 1973)
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6 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Bombacaceae
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Bombacacidites sp. microspore
Couper 1960
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9 %-specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Brosipollis cf. striata microspore
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1.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Triporopollenites sp. microspore
Pflug and Thomson 1953
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5.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Caryophyllales
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Lymingtonia cf. rhetor microspore
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11 %-specimens | ||||||
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Angiospermae
- Liliaceae
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Liliacidites sp. microspore
Couper 1953
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50.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Retitricolporites sp. microspore
Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964
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.5 %-specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Cuba | State/province: | Camaguey |
| Coordinates: | 21.0° North, 77.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° North, 60.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Saramaguacan |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original sporopollenin |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | core,chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34364 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-08-27 15:42:17 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-27 15:42:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9028. | A. Graham, D. Cozadd, A. Areces-Mallea and N. O. Frederiksen. 2000. Studies in neotropical paleobotany. XIV. A palynoflora from the Middle Eocene Saramaguacan Formation of Cuba. American Journal of Botany 87(10):1526-1539 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |