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
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original sporopollenin
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
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 28568: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 19.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Magnoliopsida | |
Foveotricolporites sp. Pierce 1961
Striatricolporites sp. Leidelmeyer 1966
Horniella sp. Traverse 1955 | |
Angiospermae | |
Bombacacidites annae Germeraad 1968 | |
Syncolporites sp. Van der Hammen 1954 mistletoe | |
Spinizonocolpites pachyexinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm | |
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp.
Apiculatasporites obscurus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
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Polypodiisporites sp. Potonié 1931
Polypodiisporites pachyexinatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Hepaticae | |
Zlivisporis blanensis Pacltova 1961 liverwort | |
Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Psilamonocolpites grandis | |
Psilamonocolpites grandis Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Psilamonocolpites medius | |
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Retistephanocolpites angeli | |
Retistephanocolpites angeli Leidelmeyer 1966 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Coronifera sp. Cookson and Eisenack 1958 | |
Tetracolporopollenites | |
Tetracolporopollenites spongiosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 |