Regadera UFP 65, 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: Carbonera 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; siliciclastic sediments

• 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 29149: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Venezuelites distinctus
Magnoliopsida
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Foveotricolporites rugulatus, ? Echitetracolpites sp., ? Echitetracolpites tennuiexinatus n. sp., Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp.
Foveotricolporites rugulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales -
Lanagiopollis crassa
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi
Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968
 Fagales -
Nothofagidites sp.
Nothofagidites sp. Potonié 1960
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites trianguliformis
Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
var. orbicularis
 Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites annulatus
Monoporopollenites annulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 grass
n. comb.
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites operculatus
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious, Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis
Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Retitrescolpites
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? Retitrescolpites irregularis
? Retitrescolpites irregularis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Retistephanoporites angelicus
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Retistephanoporites angelicus
Retistephanoporites angelicus González-Guzmán 1967
Retisyncolporites angularis
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Retisyncolporites angularis
Retisyncolporites angularis González-Guzmán 1967
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cyclusphaera scabrata
Verrutricolporites
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Verrutricolporites reticulatus n. sp.
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium subtile
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966
Tetracolporopollenites
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Tetracolporopollenites maculosus