Pinalerita UFP 7, 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 estuarine 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 28434: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 13.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Magnoliopsida
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Curvimonocolpites inornatus, Periretisyncolpites sp., Echimonocolpites sp.
Curvimonocolpites inornatus Leidelmeyer 1966
Periretisyncolpites sp. Kieser and Jan du Chene 1979
Echimonocolpites sp. der Hammen and de Mutis 1965
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Onagraceae
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp.
Corsinipollenites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp., Bombacacidites annae
Bombacacidites protofoveoreticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968
 Proteales -
Retidiporites magdalenensis
Retidiporites magdalenensis Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp.
Tricolpites protoclarensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Racemonocolpites racematus, Arecipites regio, Mauritiidites franciscoi
Racemonocolpites racematus Van der Hammen 1954 palm
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi and var. minutus
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites cursus, Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites operculatus, Proxapertites psilatus
Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
Retitriporites
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Retitriporites sp.
Retitriporites sp. Ramanujam 1966
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
Psilabrevitricolporites simpliformis
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Psilabrevitricolporites simpliformis
Retistephanocolpites angeli
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Retistephanocolpites angeli
Retistephanocolpites angeli Leidelmeyer 1966
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucariacites sp.
Araucariacites sp. Cookson and Couper 1953