Pinalerita UFP 41, 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 mudstone

• 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 28865: 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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Incertae sedis
Pteridopsida
  -
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp.
? Polypodiaceoisporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Polypodiopsida
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Polypodiisporites aff. specious
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis
Cicatricosisporites dorogensis Potonie and Gelletich 1933
  - Osmundaceae
Baculatisporites sp.
Baculatisporites sp. Thomson and Pflug 1953
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites tibuensis
Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Monocolpopollenites
  -
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp.
Monocolpopollenites ovatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitrescolpites
  -
? Retitrescolpites irregularis, Retitrescolpites magnus, Retitrescolpites baculatus n. sp.
? Retitrescolpites irregularis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Retitrescolpites magnus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Retitrescolpites baculatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanocolpites
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Retistephanocolpites sp., Retistephanocolpites fossulatus n. sp.
Retistephanocolpites sp. Leidelmeyer 1966
Retistephanocolpites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilabrevitricolporites
  -
Psilabrevitricolporites sp.
Psilabrevitricolporites sp. Van der Kaars 1983
Retibrevitricolporites
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Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp., Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp.
Retibrevitricolporites grandis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retibrevitricolporites speciosus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Multiporopollenites
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Multiporopollenites pauciporatus
Multiporopollenites pauciporatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retistephanoporites
  -
Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp.
Retistephanoporites minutiporus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Psilastephanocolpites
  -
Psilastephanocolpites sp.
Psilastephanocolpites sp. Leidelmeyer 1966
Psilastephanocolporites
  -
Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp.
Psilastephanocolporites brevicolpatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Retitriporites
  -
Retitriporites sp.
Retitriporites sp. Ramanujam 1966
Angiospermae
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp., Echitriporites trianguliformis
Echitriporites variabilis n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Echitriporites trianguliformis van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964
var. orbicularis
 Solanales - Convolvulaceae
Perfotricolpites digitatus
Perfotricolpites digitatus González-Guzmán 1967 bindweed
 Gentianales - Apocynaceae
Cricotriporites minutiporus
Cricotriporites minutiporus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001 dogbane
 Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Proxapertites psilatus
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Longapertites sp., Longapertites proxapertitoides, Mauritiidites franciscoi, Spinizonocolpites grandis n. sp.
Longapertites sp. van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1964 palm
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
 Malvales -
Lakiapollis aff. ovatus
Lakiapollis aff. ovatus Venkatachala and Kar 1969
 Malvales - Bombacaceae
Bombacacidites brevis, Bombacacidites nacimientoensis, Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp., Bacutriporites echinatus n. sp.
Bombacacidites brevis Dueñas 1980
Bombacacidites fossureticulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Bacutriporites echinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Margocolporites sp., Spirosyncolpites spiralis
Margocolporites sp. Ramanajuan 1966 legume
Spirosyncolpites spiralis González-Guzmán 1967 legume
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Momipites sp.
Momipites sp. Wodehouse 1933
 Malpighiales - Malpighiaceae
Perisyncolporites pokornyi
Perisyncolporites pokornyi Germeraad et al. 1968
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales -
Lanagiopollis crassa
Lanagiopollis crassa Frederiksen 1988
Magnoliopsida
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Striatopollis catatumbus, Ladakhipollenites rubinii, Baculamonocolpites hammenii n. sp., Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp., ? Echitetracolpites sp., ? Echitetracolpites tenuiexinatus n. sp., Foveotricolporites fossulatus n. sp., Foveotriporites hammenii, ? Rhoipites sp., Rhoipites hispidus, Rhoipites guianensis, Brevitricolpites macroexinatus n. sp., ? Araliaceoipollenites sp., Siltaria sp.
Striatopollis catatumbus Gonzalez-Guzman 1967
Ladakhipollenites rubinii Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Baculamonocolpites hammenii n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Clavatricolpites densiclavatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
? Echitetracolpites tenuiexinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Foveotricolporites fossulatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Foveotriporites hammenii González-Guzmán 1967
? Rhoipites sp. Wodehouse 1933
Rhoipites hispidus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Rhoipites guianensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
n. comb.
Brevitricolpites macroexinatus n. sp. Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Siltaria sp. Traverse 1955
Retistephanocolporites
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Retistephanocolporites festivus
Retistephanocolporites festivus González-Guzmán 1967
Tetracolporopollenites
  -
Tetracolporopollenites maculosus, Tetracolporopollenites transversalis, ? Tetracolporopollenites sp.
? Tetracolporopollenites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Achomosphaera sp., Lingulodinium cf. sicula, Cordosphaeridium inodes
Achomosphaera sp. Evitt 1963
Cordosphaeridium inodes Sarjeant 1981
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Homotryblium floripes
 Dinoflagellata -
Polysphaeridium subtile
Polysphaeridium subtile Davey and Williams 1966