SS 1374 (Paleocene of Venezuela)

Where: Zulia, Venezuela (11.0° N, 72.4° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 58.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guasare Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric

Primary reference: V. Rull. 1999. Palaeofloristic and palaeovegetational changes across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in northern South America. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 107:83-95 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 151711: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 11.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lycopsida
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Foveotriletes margaritae Germeraad et al. 1968
Concavisporites
  -
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales -
Dicotyledoneae
  -
Stephanocolpites costatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
Angiospermae
 Buxales -
"Verrucatosporites speciosus" = Polypodiidites speciosus
"Verrucatosporites speciosus" = Polypodiidites speciosus Archangelsky 1972
 Santalales - Loranthaceae
Syncolporites lisamae Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
 Proteales -
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites sp. Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
Longapertites vaneendenburgi Geermerad et al. 1968 palm
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
Magnoliopsida
  -
 Life -
Gemmastephanocolpites gemmatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966