Sierra de Maraguan palynoflora, Cuban collection (Eocene of Cuba)

Where: Camaguey, Cuba (21.0° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 68.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saramaguacan Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: siliciclastic sediments

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 34365: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 27.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Striatricolpites
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Echitricolpites
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Echitricolpites sp. Regali et al. 1974
Cupuliferoidaepollenites
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Fraxinoipollenites
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Retibrevitricolporites
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Retipollenites confusus
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Retipollenites cf. confusus González-Guzmán 1967
Retitricolpites
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Retitricolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1956
Psilodiporites
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"Psilodiporites redundantis" = Psiladiporites
"Psilodiporites redundantis" = Psiladiporites
Magnoliopsida
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Basopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Retitricolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales -
Myrtaceidites cf. parvus Cookson and Pike 1960
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales -
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Triporopollenites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
 Poales - Poaceae
 Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae
Liliacidites sp. Couper 1953
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecipites sp. Nichols et al. 1973 palm
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 Malvales -
"Malvacipollis tschudyi" = Echiperiporites tschudyi
"Malvacipollis tschudyi" = Echiperiporites tschudyi Frederiksen 1973
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Verrucatosporites usmensis Germeraad et al. 1968
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae