Pinalerita UFP 5, Llanos foothills, Colombia (Paleocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 60.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arcillas de el Limbo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; mudstone and siliciclastic

• environments range from bed-load channels to bay-head esturaine deltas

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28417: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 12.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Gemmamonocolprites sp.
Retipollenites
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Retipollenites sp.
Retipollenites sp. González-Guzmán 1967
Psilamonocolpites grandis
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Psilamonocolpites grandis
Psilamonocolpites grandis Van der Hammen 1954
Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Psilabrevitricolpites
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Psilabrevitricolpites sp.
Psilabrevitricolpites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites annae, Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Malvales -
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp.
Crototricolpites protoannemariae n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites africanus
Momipites africanus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp.
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites sp.
Echitriporites sp. Van der Hammen 1956
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi, Arecipites regio, Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp.
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var franciscoi and var. minutus
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Spinizonocolpites breviechinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites cursus, Proxapertites humbertoides, Proxapertites operculatus
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp.
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb
Magnoliopsida
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Periretisyncolpites sp., Curvimonocolpites inornatus
Periretisyncolpites sp. Kieser and Jan du Chene 1979
Curvimonocolpites inornatus Leidelmeyer 1966
Pteridopsida
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Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp., ? Scabramonoletes sp.
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
? Scabramonoletes sp. Van der Hammen
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites sp.
Cicatricosisporites sp. Potonie and Gelletich 1933