Regadera UFP 56, Catatumbo area, Colombia: Early Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
1 specimen
2 specimens
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
2 specimens
Araucariacites sp. microspore Cookson and Couper 1953
1 specimen
Gymnospermopsida
Laevigatasporites sp. microspore Potonié and Gelletich 1933
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
1 specimen
n. comb.
Pteridopsida
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Onagraceae
1 specimen
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
1 specimen
var. proxapertitoides
Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
3 specimens
var. franciscoi, var. minutus
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
2 specimens
n. comb.
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cricotriporites guianensis microspore Leidelmeyer 1966
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Santalales - Loranthaceae
1 specimen
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites sp. microspore Van der Hammen 1956
2 specimens
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
3 specimens
Magnoliopsida
2 specimens
2 specimens
Striatopollis catatumbus microspore Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
3 specimens
unclassified
1 specimen
n. comb.
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 7.7° North, 72.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° North, 55.2° West (Wright 2013)
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 Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mirador Local bed:99
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: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:lowstand 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:29142
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-24 08:53:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-24 08:53:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]