Cordillera Central: Late Jurassic, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cycadopsida - Cycadales
Ctenozamites informal sp. 1 leaf
Ctenozamites informal sp. 2 leaf
Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Sagenopteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Bennettitales
Ptilophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Ptilophyllum informal sp. 2 leaf
Otozamites informal sp. 1 leaf
Otozamites informal sp. 2 leaf
Otozamites informal sp. 3 leaf
Nilssoniopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Anomozamites informal sp. 1 leaf
Zamites informal sp. 1 leaf
Coniferales
Desmiophyllum informal sp. 1 leaf
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis informal sp. 1 leaf
Cladophlebis informal sp. 2 leaf
Cladophlebis informal sp. 3 leaf
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites informal sp. 1 leaf
Gleichenites informal sp. 2 leaf
Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris informal sp. 1 leaf
Sphenopteris informal sp. 2 leaf
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris informal sp. 1 leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia
Coordinates: 5.2° North, 75.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.9° South, 35.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5-6
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval: Late Jurassic
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 145 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Valle Alto
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Metadata
Also known as:PGAP 225
Database number:30100
Authorizer:A. Rees Enterer:A. Rees
Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-02 12:40:51 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-02 12:40:51
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

8275.PGAP 74Y. Lemoigne. 1984. Donnees nouvelles sur la paleoflore de Colombie. GĂ©obios 17(6):667-690 [A. Rees/A. Rees/J. Alroy]