Pinalerita UFP 26, Llanos foothills, Colombia: Early/Lower Eocene, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae
- Gentianales
- Apocynaceae
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Cricotriporites guianensis microspore
Leidelmeyer 1966
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1 specimen | ||||||
Angiospermae
- Araceae
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Proxapertites operculatus microspore
Van der Hammen 1956
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2 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Colombia |
Coordinates: | 4.9° North, 73.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 2.5° North, 61.8° 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: | 55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Arcillas de el Limbo | ||
Local section: | Pinalerita | Local bed: | 455.4 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green claystone |
Secondary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | highstand systems tract |
Geology comments: Environments range from bed-load channels to bay-head estuarine deltas. |
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: | 28771 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2003-02-24 13:54:15 | Last modified: | 2003-02-24 15:54:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-24 13:54:15 |
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] |