Regadera UFP 57, Catatumbo area, Colombia: Early/Lower Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pteridopsida
Echinatisporis brevispinosus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
7 specimens
n. comb.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis microspore Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
1 specimen
Polypodiisporites echinatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Magnoliopsida
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Foveotriporites hammenii microspore González-Guzmán 1967
2 specimens
Striatopollis catatumbus microspore Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
1 specimen
Siltaria sp. microspore Traverse 1955
1 specimen
Siltaria mariposa microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites soleaformis microspore Müller et al. 1987
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis microspore González-Guzmán 1967
7 specimens
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Wilsonipites margocolpatus microspore
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
5 specimens
var. franciscoi, var. minutus
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites annulatus microspore (Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001)
2 specimens
original and current combination Monoporites annulatus
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites undulatus microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
unclassified
Retibrevitricolporites festivus microspore
6 specimens
Retibrevitricolporites grandis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
? Retitrescolpites irregularis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
n. comb.
Psilamonocolpites medius microspore Van der Hammen 1954
1 specimen
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
2 specimens
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Cyclusphaera scabrata microspore
2 specimens
unclassified
Tetracolporopollenites transversalis microspore
1 specimen
Psilasyncolporites sp. microspore Leidelmeyer and González 1967
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 7.7° North, 72.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.2° North, 61.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mirador Local bed:127.5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 0 level is at the base of the Mirador Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:lowstand systems tract
Geology comments: Environments range from braided/chute channels to floodplain and overbank deposits.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:29143
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-24 08:55:45 Last modified:2003-03-24 10:55:59
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-24 08:55:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7828. 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]