Pinalerita UFP 40, 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; claystone and siliciclastic

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

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 28864: authorized by Elizabeth Kowalski, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 26.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933
Ranunculacidites
  -
Ranunculacidites operculatus
Ranunculacidites operculatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Retistephanoporites
  -
Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp.
Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilabrevitricolporites
  -
Psilabrevitricolporites sp.
Psilabrevitricolporites sp. Van der Kaars 1983
Retibrevitricolporites
  -
Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp.
Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retibrevitricolpites
  -
Retibrevitricolpites sp.
Retibrevitricolpites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
  -
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus
Retibrevitricolpites triangulatus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Retibrevitricolpites retibolus
  -
Retibrevitricolpites retibolus
Multiporopollenites
  -
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Retitrescolpites
  -
Retitrescolpites magnus
Retitrescolpites magnus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Psilamonocolpites medius
  -
Psilamonocolpites medius
Psilamonocolpites medius Van der Hammen 1954
Magnoliopsida
  -
Ladakhipollenites simplex, Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp., Horniella sp., Rhoipites hispidus, Rhoipites guianensis, Siltaria sp.
Ladakhipollenites simplex Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Horniella sp. Traverse 1955
Rhoipites hispidus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Rhoipites guianensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Siltaria sp. Traverse 1955
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales -
Lanagiopollis crassa
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites trianguliformis, Echitriporites variabilis n. sp.
Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
var. orbicularis
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Gunnerales -
Tricolpites clarensis
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites proxapertitoides, Mauritiidites franciscoi, Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp.
Longapertites proxapertitoides Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966 palm
var. reticuloides
Mauritiidites franciscoi van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
var. franciscoi, var. minutus, var. pachyexinatus
Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 palm
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites psilatus, Proxapertites magnus
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi
Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Homotryblium floripes
Tetracolporopollenites
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Tetracolporopollenites transversalis