LYS 1 - 1991 (Cretaceous to of Chile)

Where: Doceava Región, Chile (52.8° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 30.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Springhill Formation, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, medium-grained, phosphatic, sandy sandstone

• Shallow marine

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collected by ENAP Oil Company

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

• The material was provided by the ENAP Oil Company of Chile.

Primary reference: M. E. Quattrocchio, M. A. Martínez, A. Carpinelli Pavisich and W. Volkheimer. 2006. Early Cretaceous palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of well sections in northeastern Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:584-602 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150028: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 31.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cyclusphaera psilata Volkheimer and Sepulveda 1976
Pterospermella australiensis
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Pterospermella australiensis Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Prasinophytae
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Tasmanites "spp." Newton 1875
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Ceratiaceae
Aptea "spp." Eisenack 1958