Uribe UFP 84, Magdalena Valley, Colombia: Middle Eocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
3 specimens
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
1 specimen
Mauritiidites franciscoi microspore van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
9 specimens
var. franciscoi, var. reticulatus, var. pachyexinatus
Angiospermae - Araceae
Proxapertites operculatus microspore Van der Hammen 1956
5 specimens
Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cricotriporites guianensis microspore Leidelmeyer 1966
3 specimens
Magnoliopsida
2 specimens
? Araliaceoipollenites sp. microspore Potonié 1960
2 specimens
Gemmamonocolpites sp. microspore Van der Hammen and Garcia 1966
2 specimens
8 specimens
Striatopollis catatumbus microspore Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
1 specimen
Siltaria sp. microspore Traverse 1955
1 specimen
Pteridopsida
3 specimens
1 specimen
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
51 specimens
n. comb.
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales
5 specimens
Polypodiisporites aff. inangahuensis microspore Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
1 specimen
Lycopodiopsida - Selaginellales
Camarozonosporites sp. microspore Potonié 1956
1 specimen
unclassified
1 specimen
2 specimens
2 specimens
7 specimens
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 7.3° North, 73.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.6° North, 59.2° 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:La Paz Local bed:547
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 0 level is at the base of the La Paz Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:lowstand systems tract
Geology comments: Environments range from braided/chute bed-load channels to suspended-load channels.
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:29157
Authorizer:E. Kowalski Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:E. Kowalski Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-03-24 11:46:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-24 11:46:00
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]