Regadera UFP 66, Catatumbo area, Colombia: Middle Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Magnoliopsida
Foveotricolporites rugulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Baculamonocolpites hammenii n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
? Echitetracolpites sp. microspore Song 1993
4 specimens
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Ericales
Lanagiopollis crassa microspore Frederiksen 1988
85 specimens
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
7 specimens
Angiospermae - Malvales
Echiperiporites estelae microspore Germeraad et al. 1968
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
14 specimens
var. franciscoi
Longapertites proxapertitoides microspore Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
1 specimen
var. reticuloides
Pteridopsida
Echinatisporis brevispinosus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
25 specimens
n. comb.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
Polypodiisporites aff. specious microspore
16 specimens
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Schizaeaceae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis microspore Potonie and Gelletich 1933
91 specimens
unclassified
Psilamonocolpites medius microspore Van der Hammen 1954
1 specimen
Retistephanoporites angelicus microspore González-Guzmán 1967
15 specimens
Retistephanocolpites fossulatus n. sp. microspore Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
1 specimen
Retisyncolporites angularis microspore González-Guzmán 1967
1 specimen
Scabratriporites sp. microspore Van der Hammen 1956
1 specimen
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Cyclusphaera scabrata microspore
2 specimens
unclassified
Polysphaeridium subtile marine palyn Davey and Williams 1966
4 specimens
Tetracolporopollenites maculosus microspore
12 specimens
n. comb.
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
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Carbonera Local bed:306.3
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: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive 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:29150
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-24 09:15:19 Last modified:2003-03-24 11:15:33
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-24 09:15:19
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]