Ragley Lumber #D1 well - 14747ft: Eocene, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Calamuspollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Casurinidites pulcher microspore
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30 specimens | ||||||
Casurinidites informal sp. 1 microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Pistillipollenites mcgregorii microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Spinaepollis spinosus microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Kyandopollenites anneratus microspore
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2 specimens | ||||||
Nudopollis terminalis microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Thompsonipollis magnificus microspore
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17 specimens | ||||||
Cyathedites spp. microspore
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7 specimens | ||||||
Sterisporites buchenauensis microspore
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2 specimens | ||||||
Sterisporites bujargensis microspore
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2 specimens | ||||||
Porocolpopollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Quadrapollenites informal sp. 1 microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Algae
- Zygnemataceae
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Ovoidites spp. microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Lycopodiopsida
- Lycopodiales
- Lycopodiaceae
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Lycopodiumsporites spp. microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
unclassified
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Divisisporites enormis microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Spermatophyta informal Pollen spp. microspore
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16 specimens | ||||||
Magnoliopsida
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Favitricolporites baculoferous microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Proteaceae
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Triporopollenites bituitus microspore
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9 specimens | ||||||
Triporopollenites spp. microspore
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33 specimens | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Gunnerales
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Tricolpites hians microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Liliaceae
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Liliacidites spp. microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Arecipites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Margocolporites kruschii microspore
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2 specimens | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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Pterocaryapollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Momipites informal sp. 1 microspore
Wodehouse 1933
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1 specimen | ||||||
Momipites spp. microspore
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5 specimens | ||||||
Caryapollenites informal sp. <29 micrometers microspore
PotoniƩ 1960
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Alnipollenites trina microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Euphorbiaceae
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Tricolporopollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Bombacaceae
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Bombacacidites spp. microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Coniferales
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Coniferales informal Bisaccate spp. microspore
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15 specimens | ||||||
Coniferales
- Cupressaceae
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Taxodium spp. microspore
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25 specimens | ||||||
Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Pinuspollenites spp. microspore
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7 specimens | ||||||
Piceapollenites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Pteridopsida
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Osmundacidites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Leiotriletes spp. microspore
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7 specimens | ||||||
unclassified
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Converrucosisporites spp. microspore
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2 specimens | ||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Polypodium spp. microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Laevigatosporites spp. microspore
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20 specimens | ||||||
Verrucatosporites spp. microspore
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3 specimens | ||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Cicatricosisporites dorogensis microspore
Potonie and Gelletich 1933
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6 specimens | ||||||
Microfoveolatosporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
unclassified
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Microreticulatisporites spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Chlorophyceae
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Pediastrum spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
unclassified
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Tricolpopollenites geranoides microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
Tricolpopollenites informal sp. <20 micrometers microspore
Thomson and Pflug 1953
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2-9 category | ||||||
Tricolpopollenites spp. microspore
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2-9 category | ||||||
Trudopollis spp. microspore
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Allen |
Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 92.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 81.0° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Wilcox | ||||
Local section: | Ragley Lumber Well #D1 | Local bed: | -14747ft | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Horizon sample from drill core. Gregory and Hart (1995a, pollen and spores) do not recognize the Clairbornian in the core, but in Gregory and Hart (1995, dinoflagellates), they do. Both papers look at the same samples from the same core and derive different age assignments because they treat each independently. RAL elected to enter a uniform age assignment for both papers. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | "shale" | ||
Lithology description: 50 siltstone and shale samples used in the study by Gregory (1991) | |||
Environment: | deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive | ||
Geology comments: ...due to a decrease in sediment supply in late Sabian, the style of deltaic sedimentation changed from fluvial-dominated to wave-dominated, shelf-edge deltas (Lowery 1987) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | original chitin,original sporopollenin |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,chemical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 33838 | ||
Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | A. McGowan, J. Cassara |
Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2003-08-07 10:12:58 | Last modified: | 2003-08-07 13:12:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-07 10:12:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4067. | W. A. Gregory and G. F. Hart. 1995. Distribution of pollen and spores in a subsurface marine Wilcox (Paleocene-Eocene) section in southwest Louisiana. Palynology 19:1-43 [R. Lupia/R. Vaughn] |