Cordillera Central (Jurassic of Colombia)

Also known as PGAP 225

Where: Colombia (5.2° N, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.4° N, 45.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Valle Alto Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Lemoigne. 1984. Donnees nouvelles sur la paleoflore de Colombie. Géobios 17(6):667-690 [A. Rees/A. Rees/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30100: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris "sp. 1"
Pachypteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
 Coniferales -
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1"
Desmiophyllum "sp. 1" Lesquereux 1878
 Bennettitales -
Ptilophyllum "sp. 1", Ptilophyllum "sp. 2", Anomozamites "sp. 1", Otozamites "sp. 1", Otozamites "sp. 2", Otozamites "sp. 3", Nilssoniopteris "sp. 1", Zamites "sp. 1"
Ptilophyllum "sp. 2" Morris 1840
Anomozamites "sp. 1" Schimper 1870
Otozamites "sp. 1" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 2" Braun 1843
Otozamites "sp. 3" Braun 1843
Nilssoniopteris "sp. 1" Nathorst 1909
Zamites "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites "sp. 1", Gleichenites "sp. 2"
Gleichenites "sp. 1" Göppert 1836
Gleichenites "sp. 2" Göppert 1836
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1", Cladophlebis "sp. 2", Cladophlebis "sp. 3"
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 3" Brongniart 1849
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Ctenozamites "sp. 1", Ctenozamites "sp. 2"
Ctenozamites "sp. 1" Nathorst 1886 cycads
Ctenozamites "sp. 2" Nathorst 1886 cycads
Ginkgoopsida
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris "sp. 1", Sagenopteris "sp. 2"
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1", Sphenopteris "sp. 2"
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris "sp. 2" Sternberg 1825