Regadera UFP 62, Catatumbo area, Colombia: Middle Eocene, Colombia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. microspore
Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiales
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Polypodiisporites aff. specious microspore
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Magnoliopsida
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Ladakhipollenites simplex microspore
(Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| n. comb. | ||||||||||
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Tetracolporites psilatus n. sp. microspore
Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Striatopollis catatumbus microspore
Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Tetracolporopollenites maculosus microspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| n. comb. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 7.7° North, 72.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.9° North, 58.5° West (Wright 2013) |
| 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: | 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mirador | Local bed: | 214.6 | ||
| 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: | 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: | 29146 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-03-24 09:04:28 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-03-24 09:04:28 |
| 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] |