Pinalerita UFP 27, Llanos foothills, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 61.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arcillas de el Limbo Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; sandstone

• Environments range from bed-load channels to bay-head estuarine deltas. Very close to the sequence boundary.

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 28772: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Pteridopsida
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Ischyosporites problematicus n. sp.
Ischyosporites problematicus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Magnoliopsida
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Horniella sp., Scabrastephanocolpites sp., Siltaria mariposa
Horniella sp. Traverse 1955
Scabrastephanocolpites sp. Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Siltaria mariposa Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Angiospermae
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cricotriporites guianensis
Cricotriporites guianensis Leidelmeyer 1966 dogbane
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Arecipites regio, Longapertites proxapertitoides, Mauritiidites franciscoi
Arecipites regio Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
n. comb.
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. proxapertitoides and var. reticuloides
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
Verrustephanocolpites
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Verrustephanocolpites rugulatus n. sp.