Where: Zulia, Venezuela (10.9° N, 72.4° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 59.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mirador Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin
Collection methods: core, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
Primary reference: V. Rull. 1999. Palaeofloristic and palaeovegetational changes across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in northern South America. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 107:83-95 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 151742: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 11.10.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Psilamonocolpites medius | |
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Foveotricolpites | |
Foveotricolpites perforatus Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 | |
Striatricolpites | |
Striatricolpites catatumbus González-Guzmán 1967 | |
Angiospermae | |
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956 | |
Spinizonocolpites baculatus Muller 1968 palm
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm | |
"Verrucatosporites speciosus" = Polypodiidites speciosus
"Verrucatosporites speciosus" = Polypodiidites speciosus Archangelsky 1972 | |
Syncolporites lisamae Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Corsinipollenites oculusnoctis willowherb | |
Angiospermae | |
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968 | |
Concavisporites | |
Concavisporites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedripites vanegensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 |