Where: Colombia (4.9° N, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 64.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Areniscas de el Limbo Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; siliciclastic sediments
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 28775: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.02.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Striatocolporites | |
Striatocolporites sp. Van der Hammen | |
Multiporopollenites | |
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Verrutricolpites | |
Verrutricolpites sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Psilastephanocolporites | |
Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Retibrevitricolporites | |
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Retisyncolporites | |
Retisyncolporites sp. González-Guzmán 1967 | |
Retitrescolpites | |
Retitrescolpites magnus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitrescolpites baculatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Foveotricolpites | |
Foveotricolpites sp. Pierce 1961 | |
Psilamonocolpites medius | |
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954 | |
Monocolpopollenites | |
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Bombacacidites nacimientoensis Anderson 1960 | |
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume | |
Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968 | |
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Echitriporites trianguliformis, Echitriporites variabilis n. sp., Propylipollis pseudocostatus n. sp.
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Propylipollis pseudocostatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Racemonocolpites facilis González-Guzmán 1967 palm
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm | |
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956 | |
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Dicotyledoneae | |
Corsinipollenites undulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 willowherb | |
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988 | |
Magnoliopsida | |
Rhoipites cienagensis n. sp., Foveotricolporites sp., Foveotricolporites rugulatus n. sp., Clavatricolpites densiclavatus, Foveotriporites hammenii, Striatopollis catatumbus
Foveotricolporites sp. Pierce 1961
Foveotricolporites rugulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Foveotriporites hammenii González-Guzmán 1967
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Echinatisporis brevispinosus n. sp.
Echinatisporis brevispinosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Polypodiopsida | |
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Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933 species and subs. minor forv. rugulatearis
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Tuberositriletes | |
Tuberositriletes verrucatus n. sp.
Tuberositriletes verrucatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 | |
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Cordosphaeridium inodes Sarjeant 1981
Achomosphaera sp. Evitt 1963 | |
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850 |