Swalmen-LXXIII-#1940-493.0-530.0m: Paleocene, Netherlands

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida
Triletes mirabilis megaspore
at 501.0-525.5 m
Triletes mirabilis megaspore
forma glossoferus
Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Salviniaceae
Azolla teschiana megaspore
at 499.0-525.5 m
Bennettitales
Cycadeospermum rotundum seed/fruit
at 501.0-525.5 m
see common names

Geography
Country:Netherlands
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 6.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° North, 3.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:102 meters
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local bed:493.0-530.0 m; #1940
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: The plant fossils occurred mainly in the limnic-continental facies and chiefly in the clayey deposits of it.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,chemical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.100
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Boring Swalmen, #LXXIII, Sample #1940, at 493.0-530.0 m, the Netherlands
Database number:34000
Authorizer:R. Lupia Enterer:T. Naeher
Modifier:T. Naeher Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-08-11 17:17:52 Last modified:2003-08-13 01:50:37
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-11 17:17:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8938. S. J. Dijkstra. 1961. Some Paleocene megaspores and other small fossils. Mededelingen van de Geologische Stichting, Nieuwe Serie (13)5-11 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/M. Uhen]