Regadera UFP 64, Catatumbo area, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (7.7° N, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 64.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mirador Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• 0 level is at the base of the Mirador Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone and siliciclastic

• Environments range from braided/chute channels to floodplain and overbank deposits.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: C. A. Jaramillo and D. L. Dilcher. 2001. Middle Paleogene palynology of Central Colombia, South America: A study of pollen and spores from tropical latitudes. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 258(4-6):87-213 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29148: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus n. sp. Müller et al. 1987
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites huertasii n. sp.
Nothofagidites huertasii n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites operculatus
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933