Regadera UFP 66, 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 29150: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Pteridopsida
  -
Echinatisporis brevispinosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. reticuloides
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968
 Malvales -
Echiperiporites estelae Germeraad et al. 1968
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales -
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988
Magnoliopsida
  -
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Baculamonocolpites hammenii n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Foveotricolporites rugulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Retisyncolporites angularis
  -
Retisyncolporites angularis González-Guzmán 1967
Scabratriporites
  -
Scabratriporites sp. Van der Hammen 1956
Retistephanoporites angelicus
  -
Retistephanoporites angelicus González-Guzmán 1967
Retistephanocolpites
  -
Retistephanocolpites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966
Tetracolporopollenites
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