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Turonian–Santonian Calcareous Nannofossil Biozonation for La Luna Formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Northern Colombia

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Abstract

A well site biostratigraphic study was carried out in the Chuira-2 ST-1 well, through the Umir and La Luna Formations in the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin (MMVB), north of Colombia. Results of the calcareous nannofossil analysis are presented and compared to local biozonations for planktonic foraminifera and palinomorphs for La Luna Formation in the MMVB and calcareous nannofossils for the Maracaibo Basin. Biostratigraphic analyses result in the identification of different time intervals and sediment thickness of an inverse fault traversed by the well. Six local calcareous nannofossil biozones, based on eleven dissolution-resistant taxa bioevents, for the lower to the upper part of the La Luna Formation in the MMVB are proposed—Micula adumbrata Interval Biozone, comprising the early Turonian; Eprolithus moratus Interval Biozone, for the middle Turonian to the latest Turonian; Micula staurophora Interval Biozone, for the early Coniacian to the early late Coniacian; Micula adumbrata–Micula concava Interval Biozone, of late Coniacian age; Micula concava Interval Biozone, of early Santonian age; and Zeugrhabdotus scutula Interval Biozone, which corresponds to the early Santonian to late Santonian.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Gran Tierra Energy Colombia Ltd., who acquired Petronorte-UT Midas, for allowing us to publish these results and to Paleosedes EU consulting Colombian company, for funding this work. We also thank Dr. D. Watkins (University of Nebraska, USA) for his useful comments in the review of the MS.

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  1. CONICET—Laboratorio de Bioestratigrafía, Gerencia de I+D Geociencias, YPF Tecnología S.A., Avenida del Petróleo Argentino s/n entre 129 y 143, Buenos Aires, 1923, Berisso, Argentina

    Juan P. Pérez Panera

  2. División Paleozoología Invertebrados, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Museo de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Juan P. Pérez Panera

  3. PALEOSEDES E. U. Departamento de Bioestratigrafía, Transversal 27 #57-49., 111311, Bogotá, Colombia

    Francisco J. Parra & Rosa E. Navarrete

  4. Géosciences-Environnement Toulouse, Université de Toulouse. UPS (SVT-OMP), CNRS, IRD, 14 Avenue Édouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France

    Francisco J. Parra

  5. Laboratorio de Bioquímico-Estratigrafía, Facultad de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Edificio Manuel Ancizar (425), Bogotá, D.C, Colombia

    Francisco J. Parra

  6. Gran Tierra Energy Colombia Ltd. Calle, 113 No. 7-80 Piso 17, Bogotá, Colombia

    Christian Sánchez, Diana Daza, Manuel Rodriguez & Mario Prince

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Appendix—List of Species Recognized in This Study

Appendix—List of Species Recognized in This Study

  • Axopodorhabdus albianus (Black 1967) Wind and Wise 1983

  • Biscutum magnum Wind and Wise in Wise and Wind 1977

  • Braarudosphaera africana Stradner 1961

  • Broinsonia parca (Stradner 1963) Bukry 1969 ssp. expansa Wise and Watkins in Wise 1983

  • Broinsonia furtiva Bukry 1969 emend Hattner, Wind and Wise 1980

  • Calculites obscurus (Deflandre 1959) Prins and Sissingh in Sissingh 1977

  • Calculites sp.

  • Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus Bukry 1969

  • Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii (Arkhangelsky 1912) Deflandre in Piveteau 1952

  • Cyclagelosphaera reinhardtii (Perch-Nielsen 1968) Romein 1977

  • Eiffellithus eximius (Stover 1966) Perch-Nielsen 1968

  • Eiffellithus parallelus Perch-Nielsen 1973

  • Eiffellithus turriseiffelii (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert 1954) Reinhardt 1965

  • Eprolithus moratus (Stover 1966) Burnett 1998

  • Eprolithus octopetalus Varol 1992

  • Gartnerago obliquum (Stradner 1963) Reinhardt 1970

  • Gartnerago segmentatum (Stover 1966) Thierstein 1974

  • Helicolithus compactus (Bukry 1969) Varol and Girgis 1994

  • Helicolithus trabeculatus (Górka 1957) Verbeek 1977

  • Lithraphidites sp.

  • Micula adumbrata Burnett 1997

  • Micula concava (Stradner in Martini and Stradner 1960) Verbeek 1976

  • Micula staurophora (Gardet 1955) Stradner 1963

  • Prediscosphaera ponticula (Bukry 1969) Perch-Nielsen 1984

  • Quadrum gartneri Prins and Perch-Nielsen in Manivit et al. 1977

  • Quadrum sp.

  • Quadrum svabenickae Burnett 1997

  • Reinhardtites anthophorus (Deflandre 1959) Perch-Nielsen 1968

  • Retecapsa crenulata (Bramlette and Martini 1964) Grün in Grün and Allemann 1975

  • Retecapsa ficula (Stover 1966) Burnett 1998

  • Retecapsa surirella (Deflandre and Fert 1954) Grün in Grün and Allemann 1975

  • Rhagodiscus angustus (Stradner 1963) Reinhardt 1971

  • Rhagodiscus asper (Stradner 1963) Reinhardt 1967

  • Rhagodiscus reniformis Perch-Nielsen 1973

  • Rhagodiscus splendens (Deflandre 1953) Verbeek 1977

  • Thoracosphaera sp.

  • Tranolithus gabalus Stover 1966

  • Uniplanarius gothicus (Deflandre 1959) Hattner and Wise 1980

  • Watznaueria barnesae (Black in Black and Barnes 1959) Perch-Nielsen 1968

  • Watznaueria biporta Bukry 1969

  • Watznaueria fossacincta (Black 1971a) Bown in Bown and Cooper 1989

  • Watznaueria sp.

  • Zeugrhabdotus bicrescenticus (Stover 1966) Burnett in Gale et al. 1996

  • Zeugrhabdotus diplogrammus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert 1954) Burnett in Gale et al. 1996

  • Zeugrhabdotus embergeri (Noël 1958) Perch-Nielsen 1984

  • Zeugrhabdotus scutula (Bergen 1994) Rutledge and Bown 1996

  • Zeugrhabdotus trivectis Bergen 1994

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Pérez Panera, J.P. et al. (2019). Turonian–Santonian Calcareous Nannofossil Biozonation for La Luna Formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Northern Colombia. In: Cusminsky, G., Bernasconi, E., Concheyro, G. (eds) Advances in South American Micropaleontology. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02119-1_3

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