FH0801 (Bogota Formation): Thanetian, Colombia
collected by F. Herrera 2008
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Ranunculales
- Menispermaceae
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Menispina evidens seed/fruit
Herrera et al. 2011
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| Menispermaceae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia | State/province: | Cundinamarca |
| Coordinates: | 5.1° North, 73.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° North, 54.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | Pollen zone: | T-03b- Foveotricolpites perforatus |
| Age range of interval: | 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bogota | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age of the Bogota Formation according to Jaramillo , C. , M. Rueda , and V. Torres . 2011 . A Palynological
Zonation for the Cenozoic of the Llanos Foothills of Colombia. Palynology 35 : 46 – 84 . | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tabular,fine,gray lithified sandy sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The specimens are from grayish, laminated, and fine-grained sandstones that suggest deposition in overbank deposits. | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Feeding/predation traces: | external foliage feeding,seed feeding,piercing/sucking |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | F. Herrera | Collection dates: | 2008 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Ingeominas, Bogota, Colombia | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 121518 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | F. Herrera |
| Modifier: | F. Herrera | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2011-12-06 07:23:32 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-12-06 07:23:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38750. | F. Herrera, S. R. Manchester, S. B. Hoot, K. M. Wefferling, M. R. Carvalho and C. Jaramillo. 2011. Phytogeographic implications of fossil endocarps of Menispermaceae from the Paleocene of Colombia. American Journal of Botany 98(12):2004-2017 [A. Hendy/F. Herrera] |