Pinalerita UFP 37, 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 28861: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 26.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Retriporites poricostatus n. sp., Rugotricolporites felix
Monocolpopollenites
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Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanoporites
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Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp., Retistephanoporites crassiexinatus n. sp.
Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanoporites crassiexinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitrescolpites
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Retitrescolpites magnus, ? Retitrescolpites irregularis
Retitrescolpites magnus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
? Retitrescolpites irregularis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Psilastephanocolporites fissilis
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Psilastephanocolporites fissilis
Psilastephanocolporites
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Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp.
Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Multiporopollenites
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Multiporopollenites pauciporatus n. sp.
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retibrevitricolporites
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Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp.
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilamonocolpites medius
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Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Cyclusphaera scabrata
Verrutricolporites
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Verrutricolporites reticulatus n. sp.
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales -
Lanagiopollis crassa
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988
Angiospermae
 Malvales -
Echiperiporites estelae
Echiperiporites estelae Germeraad et al. 1968
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites simplireticulatus n. sp., Bombacacidites nacimientoensis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites brevis Dueñas 1980
Bombacacidites simplireticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis, Margocolporites sp.
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
Margocolporites sp. Ramanajuan 1966 legume
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi
Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968
 Malpighiales -
Ctenolophonidites cruciatus n. sp.
Ctenolophonidites cruciatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites trianguliformis, Echitriporites variabilis n. sp.
Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
var. orbicularis
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Solanales - Convolvulaceae
Perfotricolpites digitatus
Perfotricolpites digitatus González-Guzmán 1967 bindweed
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites magnus, Proxapertites psilatus
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
 Poales - Poaceae
Monoporopollenites annulatus
Monoporopollenites annulatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 grass
n. comb.
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Mauritiidites franciscoi, Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp., Luminidites colombianensis n. sp.
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Luminidites colombianensis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
Magnoliopsida
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Tetracolporites psilatus n. sp., Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp., ? Echitetracolpites sp., Brevitricolpites sp., Gemmamonocolpites perfectus n. sp., Striatopollis catatumbus, Rhoipites guianensis, Foveotricolporites fossulatus n. sp., Foveotriporites hammenii
Tetracolporites psilatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Brevitricolpites sp. González-Guzmán 1967
Gemmamonocolpites perfectus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
Rhoipites guianensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Foveotricolporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Foveotriporites hammenii González-Guzmán 1967
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites sp., Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricososporites eocenicus, Cicatricosisporites dorogensis
Cicatricososporites eocenicus Jansonius and Hills 1976
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Pteridopsida
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? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp.
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Lycopsida
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Planisporites sp., ? Planisporites sp.
Retistephanocolporites
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Retistephanocolporites fossulatus n. sp., Retistephanocolporites festivus
Retistephanocolporites festivus González-Guzmán 1967
Tetracolporopollenites
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Tetracolporopollenites transversalis
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Homotryblium floripes
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Hystrichokolpoma sp., Achomosphaera sp., ? Systematophora sp.
Achomosphaera sp. Evitt 1963
? Systematophora sp. Klement 1960