Pinalerita UFP 36, Llanos foothills, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

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; sandstone and siliciclastic

• Environments range from bed-load channels to bay-head estuarine deltas.

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 28777: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 24.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
Magnoliopsida
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Jandufouria minor n. sp.
Jandufouria minor n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Lycopsida
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? Planisporites sp.
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Chomotriletes
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Chomotriletes minor
Chomotriletes minor Pocock 1970
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium subtile
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966