Regadera UFP 64, Catatumbo area, Colombia: Middle Eocene, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. microspore
Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Araceae
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Proxapertites operculatus microspore
Van der Hammen 1956
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore
van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
var. franciscoi | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Fagales
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Nothofagidites huertasii n. sp. microspore
Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Bombacaceae
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Bombacacidites foveoreticulatus n. sp. microspore
Müller et al. 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
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Polypodiisporites aff. specious microspore
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Polypodiopsida
- Schizaeales
- Schizaeaceae
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Cicatricosisporites dorogensis microspore
Potonie and Gelletich 1933
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2 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Colombia |
Coordinates: | 7.7° North, 72.6° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.2° North, 64.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
*Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Eocene |
Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mirador | Local bed: | 263.5 | ||
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: | sandstone |
Secondary 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: | 29148 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2003-03-24 09:09:24 | Last modified: | 2003-03-24 11:09:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-03-24 09:09:24 |
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] |