PBDB Collection

Catatumbo Basin Paleocene (Paleocene of Colombia)

Where: Norte de Santander, Colombia (9.0° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° N, 60.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Los Cuervos Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, gray, silty, carbonaceous shale and lithified, argillaceous, silty claystone

• The Palaeocene formation show evidence that was deposited in a brackish marine to fresh-water environment.

• The formation is composed mainly of claystones and shales with coal beds sandwiched in its lower strata and some sandstone beds throughout. The lowermost deposits, measuring 75 meters in thickness, consist of dark grey carbonaceous shales and claystones interbedded with micaceous-carbonaceous siltstones, fine-grained sandstones and narrow coal seams. Occasionally thin limestones showing a con-in-cone structure have been noted. The coals are lignitic to bituminous. Above the coal series, the Los Cuervos is made up of grey and greenish-grey, partly silty and commonly sideritic claystones, the siderite occurring as spherules generally less than 1 millimeter in diameter.

Size class: microfossils

• Pollen grains

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: chemical

• From each coal or lignite layer several individual samples were analyzed, or the results of several samples were pooled.

Primary reference: A. E. González-Guzmán. 1967. A palynological study on the upper Los Cuervos and Mirador formations (Lower and middle Eocene; Tibu area, Colombia). 1-68 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas /C. Jaramillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136752: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 04.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae	"Psilamonoletes tibui" = Laevigatosporites tibuensis "Psilamonoletes tibui" = Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilatriletes guaduensis
-	Psilatriletes guaduensis Psilatriletes guaduensis Van der Hammen 1954
Magnoliopsida
-	Echimonocolpites densus, Retitricolporites annaeoides, Retitricolporites saskiae, Scabrastephanocolpites lisamae, Scabrastephanocolpites vanegensis Echimonocolpites densus González-Guzmán 1967 Retitricolporites annaeoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 Retitricolporites saskiae González-Guzmán 1967 Scabrastephanocolpites lisamae Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 Scabrastephanocolpites vanegensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Angiospermae
Proteales -	Retidiporites magdalenensis Retidiporites magdalenensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae	Longapertites proxapertitoides, Mauritiidites franciscoi, Racemonocolpites facilis, "Retimonocolpites regio" = Arecipites regio Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967 palm "Retimonocolpites regio" = Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Mesangiosperms - Araceae	Proxapertites operculatus Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
-	Retimonocolpites microreticulatus Retimonocolpites microreticulatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Dicotyledoneae
Myrtales -	Heterocolpites palaeocenica Heterocolpites palaeocenica Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Psilamonocolpites medius
-	Psilamonocolpites medius Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Scabratriporites
-	Scabratriporites moderatus Scabratriporites moderatus González-Guzmán 1967
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
-	Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Retibrevitricolpites
-	Retibrevitricolpites increatus Retibrevitricolpites increatus González-Guzmán 1967
Foveotricolpites
-	Foveotricolpites pomarius Foveotricolpites pomarius Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Retitricolpites
-	Retitricolpites perditus, Retitricolpites adeptus Retitricolpites perditus González-Guzmán 1967 Retitricolpites adeptus González-Guzmán 1967
Retitriporites
-	Retitriporites typicus Retitriporites typicus González-Guzmán 1967
Ginkgoopsida
Ephedrales -	Ephedripites vanegensis Ephedripites vanegensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Magnotetradites magnus
-	Magnotetradites magnus Magnotetradites magnus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966