Where: CearĂ¡, Brazil (7.5° S, 39.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° S, 7.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Santana Group, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• From Melo et al. 2020: In summary, this integrated study of foraminifera, ostracodes and other microfossil data from the Romualdo Formation indicates that the local Alagoas Stage (Ostracoda Zone RT-011) can now be constrained to the Aptian. Arai and Assine 2020 also support that the Romualdo Formation and Santana Group is entirely Aptian in age.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy sandstone and lithified, argillaceous shale
Size class: microfossils
• Other: Palynomorphs
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
Primary reference: U. Heimhofer and P.-A. Hochuli. 2010. Early Cretaceous angiosperm pollen from a low latitude succession (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 161:105-126 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina/P. Santamarina]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 150999: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 19.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Afropollis jardinus Doyle et al. 1982 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Dingodinium albertii Sarjeant 1966 | |
Subtilisphaera perlucida Jain and Millepied 1973 |